DWTS darling Loryn weds HER FOREVER DANCE PARTNER

The reality TV star had a rocky lead-up to her romantic nuptials

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She's waltzed, tangoed and even jived with hundreds of people, but on a hot summer's day in Auckland, Dancing With The Stars NZ pro Loryn Reynolds married the dance partner she's choosing for life - dashing groom Blair Smith. And the reality star also picked the perfect song to walk down the aisle to - Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody. The couple shared their first dance and kiss to the '80s hit on their second date.

Loryn recalls, “In that moment, I thought,'Wow! This really could be something pretty special.' It's such a historical song for us and fits my journey as a dancer with finding somebody to dance with who I have real, true emotions with.”

"But I'm not a very good dancer, though!" insists Blair, who walked down the aisle to his favourite football team Liverpool FC's anthem You'll Never Walk Alone.

The song title hit deeper for Loryn following a rocky lead-up to the nuptials, which saw Christmas, New Year's Eve and her 30th birthday put on the backburner as her parents, Peter and Julie, were hospitalised.

After under- going prostate surgery, Peter developed an infection, which saw him fighting for his life with organ failure. “We didn’t know if Dad would make it,” shares Loryn.

Meanwhile, Julie has been dealing with non-cancerous brain tumours and when she caught a virus, it caused nerve damage that required a week in hospital.

“I thought this stuff would happen in 20 or 30 years, so facing it now amid all these milestones has been a roller-coaster,” admits Loryn. “I just wouldn’t have got through it without Blair. He’s been my backbone. It confirmed I made the right decision to marry him!”