Who left Strictly last night? Fans 'gutted' by Week 10 results after remaining couples take part in Instant Dance Challenge
Strictly Come Dancing was back on screens last night and after last week saw our remaining couples given a bye, tension was high as eliminations resumed.
The BBC competition show waltzed onto screens as the remaining six couples took part in Week 10. There was plenty to shout about as two couples earned full marks of 40 out of 40.
Meanwhile, a brand new concept was introduced to put the cat amongst the pigeons. Last night’s episode saw the introduction of the ‘Instant Dance Challenge’, which took place after all of the couples had performed their rehearsed dance.
The couples were given a random dance style to perform, selected from the dances they have performed so far on the show, and then given a short amount to time to change into a new costume. They were then given only 10 seconds to plan a dance to an unheard piece of music.
It was an added piece of fun to the already glitzy Saturday night proceedings, and some couples even impressed the judges with their routines. Lewis & Katya ranked top of the Instant Dance Challenge, followed by Balvinder & Julian. The rest of the ranking saw Amber & Nikita, Alex & Johannes, George & Alexis and Karen & Carlos place respectively.
While Karen & Carlos ranked bottom of the Instant Dance Challenge, they had a lot more success in their prepard routine. The former Lioness took to the floor with her professional partner to perform a couple’s choice routine to Born This Way by Lady Gaga.
Incorporating some break dance moves, the routine thoroughly impressed viewers and the judges, who gave Karen a score of 40 out of 40. After two strong weeks back-to-back, this meant that Karen tops the leaderboard.
Amber & Nikita also earned top marks for their jive to Proud Mary by Tina Turner. Elsewhere, Alex & Johannes placed bottom of the leaderboard after picking up only 23 points for their cha-cha-cha to Ring My Bell by Anita Ward.
It’s also worth noting that as no one was eliminated from the competition on Blackpool Week last weekend, those scores and Saturday night’s scores have been combined for this week’s leaderboard. Saturday’s leaderboard finished as:
- Karen & Carlos - 79
- Lewis & Katya - 76
- Amber & Nikita - 76
- George & Alexis -73
- Balvinder & Julian - 61
- Alex & Johannes - 58
Who left Strictly last night?
While the Strictly Come Dancing results show won’t be shown on television until later this evening, the results were actually filmed later on Saturday night.
Strictly fans who are active on social media will be familiar with The Strictly Spoiler, which often leaks the result of the dance-off ahead of the results show being broadcast. This week is no different, with moles in the live audience confirming who went home.
In the spirit of the show, we won’t be spoiling the result of the dance-off here. But what we will say is that fans who have seen the result have described themselves as being “gutted” about the result.
One fan said: “Honestly not surprised by the spoiler after this week but I’m still gutted.”
The Strictly Come Dancing results show will be broadcast at 7.15pm this evening on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. You can catch up on last night’s episode before watching the results show on BBC iPlayer, but be warned that you will not be able to vote for your favourite couple if watching on catch-up.