Strictly Come Dancing‘s Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcomed back the 10 remaining couples to the dancefloor on Saturday (November 2) night to celebrate their heroes both at home and in the showbiz world with the first ever Icons Week theme.
However, not everyone can make it through to the next round of the BBC dancing competition and a sad exit is looming.
Judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood all offered their expert advice to the couples and gave their scores. However, everything can change with the public vote.
Viewers will have to tune in on Sunday (November 3) night to find out which two couples will face the dreaded dance-off and who will be sent home.
Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec – 39
P!nk was honoured by Tasha and Aljaž as they performed their couple’s choice routine to What About Us.. They almost scored full marks after receiving three 10s from Anton, Mosti and Shirley and a nine from Craig. Tasha was overcome with emotion after her performance as she spoke to Claudia about how much the song meant to her.
JB Gill and Lauren Oakley – 39
With Lauren standing in for JB’s professional partner Amy Dowden after falling ill last weekend, the couple performed an energetic Couple’s Choice routine to a Bruno Mars medley. Their performance went down a storm with the judges, with the pair scoring a jaw-dropping 39 out of 40. After his routine, JB dedicated his routine to Amy, who supported him and Lauren in the audience.
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola – 37
The couple celebrated Queen of Pop Madonna by performing the Cha Cha to Like A Prayer. Sarah dressed to impress as she strutted around the dancefloor next to Vito, who won the 2023 series with Ellie Leach. After showing off what they’ve been learning all week, the judges awarded them 37 points – with Anton dishing out full marks and Craig, Shirley and Motsi offering nine points.
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe – 35
The pair paid tribute to Whitney Houston by dancing the Waltz to I Will Always Love You. The Gladiators star looked almost unrecognisable as she transformed into the music legend. Their performance left the judges full of praise and they ended up with 35 points out of 40 with Shirley, Motsi and Anton giving them nine and Craig awarding them eight points.
Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu – 35
After finding themselves in the dreaded dance-off last weekend, Shayne and Nancy celebrated The Beatles as they danced the Quickstep to Help!. In a twist of fate, they ended up scoring their highest mark of the series so far with Craig giving eight points and his fellow judges awarding them nine points, equalling to 35 out of 40.
Jamie Borthiwck and Michelle Tsiakkas – 31
EastEnders’ Jamie looked world away from his soap character Jay Brown as she channelled his inner George Michael and performed the Samba to Faith with Michelle. They managed to impress the judges with their moves and scored a sound 31 out of 40 with Motsi, Anton and Shirley awarding eight points and Craig giving them seven points.
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones – 30
Sticking to his Welsh roots, Wynne honoured Dame Shirley Bassey by dancing the Rumba to This is My Life with partner Katya. As well as showing off his moves, the opera singer ended his performance by belting out the final lyrics, leaving viewers at home divided. Craig and Motsi scored the couple seven out of 10 and Shirley and Anton awarded them eight points, giving them 30 out of 40.
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell – 29
The fan favourites paid homage to rockers KISS by dancing a Tango to Rock and Roll All Nite but found themselves towards the bottom of the leaderboard by scoring 29 out of 40. Craig scored the performance a six, Motsi awarded them seven while head judge Shirley and Anton scored them eights, giving a total of 29 out of 40.
Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin – 29
The couple honoured Taylor Swift with a stunning American Smooth to her smash hit Love Story. The judges applauded Sam got coming back stronger after suffering a minor blip last week and she managed to score 29 out of a possible 40. Craig gave them a six, Shirley awarded them seven points and Motsi and Anton gave them eight points.
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal – 22
Reality star Pete transformed into Freddie Mercury to perform a Salsa to Another One Bites The Dust with Jowita. However, things didn’t go quite to plan for the couple. Pete apologised to Jowita at the end of their routine and his mistakes didn’t go unnoticed by the judges. Craig awarded Pete and Jowita four points and Shirley, Anton and Motsi gave them six points each, making a grand total of just 22 out of 40.
Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturday and Sundays on BBC One and BBC iPlayer