Three famous faces have now left the BBC dance competition.
Strictly Come Dancing 2023 delivered another impressive set of performances in Week 4 from the remaining 13 contestants, who were all fighting to remain in the competition and move one step closer to lifting the Glitterball trophy.
Layton Williams and his professional partner Nikita Kuzmin earned the highest score of the season to date with their fabulous Cha Cha – and the musical theatre star also broke a Strictly record by scoring the earliest 10 for a Cha Cha ever.
Elsewhere, Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk impressed with their Waltz, which was described as “actually surreal” by head judge Shirley Ballas. And Nigel Harman and Katya Jones left viewers hot under the collar with a sizzling Salsa that earned the actor plenty of praise online.
But it was a less memorable week for comedian Eddie Kadi and Paralympian Jody Cundy, who found themselves in the dance-off.
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After performing their routines again, it was Jody who left the competition, with judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke all choosing to save Eddie and his partner Karen Hauer.
Had Shirley’s vote been required, she also would have saved Eddie and Jowita Przystal.
Speaking about his Strictly experience, Jody said: “You know what, when I signed up for this I thought what an earth am I signing up for, and we did that first live show and I absolutely loved every second of it. And just being able to dance and do something I’ve never done before and get completely out of my comfort zone, and with this amazing person [Jowita].
“This person’s got so much energy. Every morning at like nine o’clock we’ve got the start of training and she’s like BAMMM, like this, she comes into the room like an absolute cannonball and she just doesn’t stop the whole day.
“And she doesn’t lose any faith, doesn’t lose anything, motivates me to do more and more, so I’ve had an absolute blast.”
Jowita was also full of praise for Jody: “I cannot even describe how proud I am of you Jody. From day one until now, it’s enormous improvement. And I hope from now on, when you go out, when you hear the music, you’re not going to hide anywhere. You’re going to go on that dance floor and you’re going to give it your all.
“And I hope one day, when you look back at all of this, you will say to yourself I’m proud of myself, because that will be my biggest achievement.”
Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday 21st of October at 6.35pm, with the results show on Sunday 22rd October at 7:15pm on BBC One. Check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what’s on.
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