Strictly Come Dancing 2022: Fleur East sparkles on Blackpool Tower Ballroom with first perfect 40 of the series

Fleur raised the roof of the Blackpool Tower ballroom with her explosive dancing with Vito Coppola on Saturday night. The fierce performance had Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse on their feet as soon as the music started, and the audience gave a strong reaction after the performance.

It seems it wasn’t just the audience who were wowed by the performance, as Fleurito, as they have been nicknamed, received the perfect 40 score, getting 10’s from all four judges for their Couple’s Choice performance, which was a stunning tribute to Destiny’s Child.

Fleur’s perfect score meant that it was finally time for Strictly’s toughest judge to dust off his 10 paddle. That’s right! Mr Craig Revel Horwood gave out his first perfect 10 score of the season. The notoriously hard to please judge uttered his famous phrase ‘fab-u-lous’ when giving feedback after the couple’s performance.

The show airs on BBC One every week at 7.15pm, and can also be found streaming on BBC iPlayer. The spin-off show  Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights on BBC Two,  also streamed on BBC and iPlayer.

Obviously, Fleurito were top of the leaderboard, but what about the other remaining couples? Here’s a full breakdown of the show.

Strictly leaderboard: Week eight

• Fleur East and Vito Coppola 10+10+10+10 = 40
• Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez 9+10+10+10 = 39
• Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal 9+9+10+10 = 38
• Will Mellor and Nancy Xu 8+9+9+9 = 35
• Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu 8+9+9+9 = 35
• Tyler West and Dianne Buswell 8+9+9+9 = 35
• Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima 8+8+8+9 = 33
• Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe 7+8+8+8 = 31

Who left Strictly Come Dancing on Blackpool week?

Tyler West became the eighth contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing. Tyler and his partner Dianne Buswell had performed a Salsa to a KC and the sunshine band mega mix and scored a solid 35 points.

The couple faced-off against Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu who won the judges over with Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood all voting to save them, and Anton Du Beke voting for Tyler and Diane.

Celebrity performances for Blackpool week

Here’s the full list of routines performed by the remaining celebrity couples:

• Ellie T & Johannes: American Smooth to You’re My World by Cilla Black
• Fleur & Vito: Couple’s Choice to Destiny’s Child Megamix by Destiny’s Child
• Helen & Gorka: Quickstep to Valerie by Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse
• Kym & Graziano: Paso Doble to Only Girl (In The World) by Rihanna / We Found Love by Calvin Harris ft Rihanna
• Molly & Carlos: Jive to Bandstand by Boogie Barry Manilow
• Hamza & Jowita: American Smooth to (Theme From) New York, New York by Frank Sinatra
• Tyler & Dianne: Salsa to KC & The Sunshine Band Megamix by KC & The Sunshine Band
• Will & Nancy: Samba to I Go To Rio by Hugh Jackman