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It was a tense weekend on Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> last week, with a shocking dance-off which saw Layton Williams and Angela Scanlon perform to save their place in the competition.<\/p>\n In a moment no one was expecting, it was time for Angela to leave the competition, despite her best efforts in the dance off and receiving her highest score<\/a> of the season just one week prior.<\/p>\n Judges<\/a> Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke all voted to save Layton, noting that it was an incredibly close call, with Anton saying neither of the pairs danced their best.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the competition was Annabel Croft, who received her first 10 of the season for her paso doble to Espa\u00f1a Ca\u00f1i by Trad. Thank you, Anton!<\/p>\n The 10 also helped Annabel and Johannes to receive their highest score of the run so far, and as this is Strictly Come Dancing, could Annabel continue to rise to the top to become an unlikely champion?<\/p>\n Bobby Brazier moved everyone to tears after he dedicated his emotional dance to his late mother, Jade Goody.<\/p>\n Speaking ahead of the routine, Brazier opened up about his mother, who passed away when he was aged four. \u201cI\u2019d love to spend a day with her, just to see where I get my smile from,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n His performance received a standing ovation from the audience, and from judges Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse.<\/p>\n Shirley said the dance was \u201cvery charismatic\u201d and had some of the \u201cmost beautiful, true movements through the body\u201d, adding that it was Brazier\u2019s best number to date.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Just five celebrities remain in the competition, with the dancing duos hoping to make it to the semi-finals in a musicals special!<\/p>\n Some of the performances coming up include a quickstep to Belle from Beauty and The Beast, a paso doble to Backstage Romance from Moulin Rouge! The Musical and a foxtrot to For Good from Wicked.<\/p>\n You can watch the full Strictly Between Us video above.<\/p> Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday 2nd December at 7:25pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for something else to watch? Check out more of our <\/strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a> coverage or visit our <\/strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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