I'm back!
I'm nervous tonight.
I feel like being around you is calming.
I'm so ready.
Hair and makeup, go, go, go, go!
I need to just go and get changed!
Hey!
Let's do this!
It's never too early for that 10 from Shirley!
CHEERING
Your showmanship is improving every week, and I feel so proud
to see you represent that on the dance floor.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Um...wow. There was so much went wrong...
Eight!
I enjoyed the performance.
I think it could have been a little slicker.
Anton, I don't think it needs to be slicker, actually.
It's quite the opposite.
Wow, what a display in self-expression.
Five minutes to results show.
Everyone to the studio floor, please.
Good luck. Good luck, babes.
Of course I'm feeling nervous.
I mean, if I was to call this off the leaderboard, I'm at the bottom.
Let's go and find out!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
Welcome back to Strictly Come Dancing: The Results.
It is week four in the ballroom and the competition
is starting to take shape.
So far this series, four different couples have each
been in the Dance Off, proving nobody's
place is guaranteed.
Tonight we will be saying goodbye to another celebrity as we find out
who your votes have left at risk of going home.
But first, here's what the judges thought of Saturday night.
# You can fake it for a little while... #
Probably one of the best Week Fours ever in my time on the show.
What did you think, Craig? Most definitely.
It does go down in history as one of the best.
I think all of us are starting to really just...
really like what we're doing now.
Everybody is improving. I'm stunned.
I thought tonight was absolutely brilliant.
And look, we've both got long nails!
Really, really, really tight at the top.
I'm going to hold on to my heart for Alex and Johannes's
performance with that beautiful silky leg action.
It was simply phenomenal.
If I'd have had a 20 paddle, she'd have got that today.
That's how good she was.
Shirley got out of her seat and she gave me a hug!
I'm thrilled. Thrilled.
Oh, Ellie! Just joyous.
It was so powerful. It really was.
I have been absolutely speechless. I got an eight.
I cannot believe that!
My heart literally melted with all the comments.
Middle of the leaderboard couldn't be tighter.
Karen did an amazing job.
Those little quick feet from the jive, they found their way
back onto the dance floor.
Oh, you're a sweetheart.
You looked incredible.
Balvinder, comeback queen last week in the dance-off and this
week strong and daring.
That was electric on the dance floor.
I felt every bit of the paso.
At the other end of the leaderboard, we've got Harry, Stefan,
Chris and La Voix.
Stefan came back with a bang.
It was his highest score so far.
He made no mistakes and he looked like he totally enjoyed it.
# Look at you now... #
And if you look at Chris and Nadiya
second from the bottom, I mean, his lifts
could be in a final.
Yeah. I mean, I would have liked to seen
a lot more salsa in there, I've got to be honest.
Don't get me wrong, I can improve massively
in certain areas of my dance, but highest score yet,
so really, really pleased.
La Voix, she went wrong from beginning to end.
I gave her 2 because there was no point in saying
what you need to improve on. Never got started.
That wasn't my best night by far.
I think I just got off to a bad start and then it just...
I just couldn't get it back on.
I think it's going to be anybody's game now.
I'm so excited that Craig has got the deciding vote,
because I really feel today with everybody's performance,
it's going to be tough. I cannot wait to have the power.
I have been waiting 20 years for this moment!
Oh! Going to the results will be petrifying.
It gets increasingly nerve wracking, because people are leaving.
# All you've got is this moment... #
Everyone is pushing to get through to the next week.
I'm so desperate to get through.
I really want to keep dancing every Saturday night.
Everyone wants to avoid the Dance Off.
It's not a place people want to be.
I'll never be comfortable, no matter where I am on the leaderboard.
Knowing that you will go home, it's just a really sobering thought.
It's very daunting.
I'm just treating every single week as if it's my last.
I am definitely in the danger zone of being in the Dance Off tonight.
Unfortunately, somebody has to go home.
Hopefully I've done enough. I would be really sad if I go home.
I've got to keep my fingers crossed and hope that people voted.
# You know
# You're one of my kind... #
APPLAUSE.
13 couples are waiting.
Who will be the lucky ones tonight?
The results are in.
In no particular order, the first couple safely
through to next week's show is...
Ellie and Vito!
Oh!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Oh, my God!
Also dancing again will be...
Alex and Johannes!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you, guys.
Securing their place for another week are...
Stefan and Dianne!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
Oh, good. Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Returning to the ballroom next week will be...
George and Alexis!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
Yay! That's good. Thank you.
And the final couple safe for now is...
La Voix and Aljaz!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Yeah!
Well done. Thank you!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
The rest of you will have to wait a little longer.
Everyone is hoping for a place in next week's show,
as it promises to be one of the biggest nights of the series.
It's the return of Icons Week.
APPLAUSE
Strictly's tribute to the greatest musical icons of all time is back.
But who exactly are we going to be watching?
We've really got some wonderful people putting things together here.
You sit down with the piano and the guitar and play around,
you know, with chords and rhythms.
I just want to make good music. That's it.
I would sing as loud as I could sing all the way home.
I always wanted to be an entertainer.
That some day I would have fans.
I love my job, so the least I can do is give my all.
I always care so much.
Those songs are going to live long after I'm gone,
and I'm happy about that.
This whole thing is just, like, just unbelievable.
It's actually more fun now than it than it has been
in the past, to be honest.
Every day now is brand new with me since I changed my name.
I'm an icon and a legend.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Love Icons Week!
I have five incredibly happy couples with me.
La Voix, I've never seen such a reaction.
I am... I am absolutely speechless.
I do not expect to be sat here with these amazing people
that danced tonight.
I wouldn't have voted for that! That was beyond terrible!
I was going to be in a Dance-Off in my head.
I wouldn't have got it right a second time,
because I was so worried about it... I'm thrilled to be here.
Thank you so much!
Aljaz, how does it feel to know that you two have such support?
It's an incredible feeling.
It's difficult to put into words how thankful we both feel,
But look, thank you, and keep voting, keep dancing!
APPLAUSE
You are through to Icons Week. I believe it is my favourite.
Who are you going to be?
I was going to be Shirley Ballas, but after a 2...
LAUGHTER ..changed my mind!
I'm going to be doing... Brace yourselves...
I love you, Shirley. Brace...
I'm going to be doing Cher! Oh!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I mean, that's just correct! Here's a little bit.
# Because I'm strong enough to live without you
# Strong enough
# And I quit crying long enough,
# Now I'm strong enough to know...#
LAUGHTER Hello!
# You gotta go! #
Thank you very much, everybody.
That was amazing! I cannot wait for next week.
George, welcome to the gang. Thank you.
You have fallen in love with spray tan.
Erm...yeah!
No, I didn't expect myself to love a spray tan so much,
but I didn't get one last week, and I just couldn't look at myself
in the mirror again. It was...
You were heartbroken. Yeah!
Do you know that sometimes - this is just a word to the wise -
you can ask for two!
A double tan?! Thank you!
That's all I'm saying.
You've got Icons Week. Who are you going to be?
Who is your icon?
I'm going to be Harry Styles. No!
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE That is beautiful!
And it's to this song.
# You know it's not the same as it was
# As it was, as it was... #
Lovely.
Cannot wait to see you in Icons Week.
Ellie, your reaction... Yeah!
How happy are you? I was so, so speechless.
What is the plan for next week? So, Spice Girls to salsa.
Amazing! Yes!
You want me to be one of the Spice Girls?
I'm Baby Spice, and you could be the Scary Spice.
You want me to be Scary Spice?! Oh!
LAUGHTER Correct!
She's said it now, Vito! I'm going to laugh the whole time.
I don't know how scary I can be, but I will try!
Yeah, you will try. You guys had a handshake.
I now believe you have a song?
Yes! Oh, yes!
We have a song.
Would you mind? Would you mind?
Yes, because you are the cheeky team, no?
Of course. So we do.
# Give me a cheek # Give me a -ky
# Give me a team, it's the cheeky team!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Spice Girls, I cannot wait!
Alex, I love this fact about you.
You still love a Strictly fix even though you're here?
Yeah.
Because you worry about some dancers who might not have seen.
Yeah, so I can catch up, and, you know, I don't miss out.
But the thing that's so weird is, I sit on the sofa watching
Strictly, and then I'm like, "I'm in Strictly!"
Do you watch yourself? Or are you too scared?
No, I don't like to watch myself, but my husband makes me.
Talk to me about the progress you've seen in Alex.
Oh, my goodness. From week one to now,
I feel like I've got a dancer in my hands.
When I tell you, you feel just like one of these beautiful
professionals in my arms, I really mean it. I do.
He's my second husband! Of course!
I mean, he doesn't know it, but he is!
He's just found out! Yeah.
Tell me about which icon you're going to be.
Well, uh...
Dolly Parton!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The thing is, I thought I was just dancing to an iconic singer.
I didn't realise I had to be her. You don't have to totally...
It's a nod. It's a nod.
You can do a nod.
So I don't need to borrow anything from La Voix?
You do not need to borrow it.
LAUGHTER What are you insinuating?!
LAUGHTER They are hurt!
It's going to be phenomenal.
Stefan, how excited are you to be through to Icons Week?
I'm over the moon that I'm going into next week.
This is phenomenal.
I didn't think it would feel so good.
Who are you going to be?
OK, I want you to think big hair, leather jacket, tight jeans...
Probably bigger... La Voix.
LAUGHTER Bigger than La Voix's!
Cher? Someone's already being Cher!
Who are we going to be? Come on.
Who are we are going to be? We are going to be...
Jon Bon Jovi. Well, you are!
Stop it! Yes!
What a choice! Icons Week is my favourite!
Here's the song.
# Oh, we're halfway there
# Oh, livin' on a prayer
# Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear...#
I think you know the words!
He's singing along like he knows the words!
He's got no idea. That's all right.
It's phenomenal. I cannot wait to see you all.
Now, did someone say tango? ALL: Yes!
Please welcome our very wonderful professional dancers.
Yay!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: Beautiful People
# Everywhere I go
# Everywhere that I've been
# The only thing I see is
# Is beautiful people
# Beautiful people
# Oh-woah, don't you know? Don't you know?
# Oh-woah, beautiful, don't you know?
# Oh-woah, don't you know? Don't you know?
# Oh-woah, beautiful, don't you know, know?
# Live your life, live your life
# Let the love inside
# It's your life, it's your life
# Your beauty's deep inside, inside you
# Don't let it bring you down, no
# The beauty is inside you
# Don't let it bring you down, no
# Woah, oh
# Beautiful people are everywhere
# Everywhere
# Beautiful people
# Beautiful people are everywhere, everywhere
# Beautiful people
# Hands outstretched, what you got?
# Give me your best and I won't turn you down
# Cos you're always out to impress
# You're always out to impress
# There's no way I won't say no
# Beautiful people say "go, go, go"
# Beautiful people don't stand, stand, stand
# They never rest
# Beautiful people say yes
# Woah
# Beautiful people say yes. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you to choreographer Jason Gilkison and our brilliant
professional dancers.
It's time to find out who else has made it through to next week's show.
Tess.
Thanks, Claud.
There are six guaranteed places left in Icons Week.
Who will claim them?
The results are in.
In no particular order, the next couple safely through is...
..Lewis and Katya.
Yes!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well done!
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you very much.
Adding their names to Icons Week are...
..Vicky and Kai.
Yes, come on!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you.
Woo...
Also moving on in the competition are...
..Karen and Carlos.
Yes!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well done.
Thank you, thank you.
Thank you very much.
Ah...Ah, God.
And the final couple is safe, for now, is...
..Harry and Karen.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Come on!
Thank you!
For the four remaining, two of you will be in
tonight's Dance-Off.
Let's have a chat with the judges.
APPLAUSE
Craig, after 23 series, for the first time tonight,
you have the power.
Nervous?
No, darling.
I am very confident I shall make the right decision if it arises.
Anton, so far in the competition, the bottom two on the leaderboard
haven't necessarily been the two in the Dance-Off,
so the public have a lot of voting power, don't they?
Oh, absolutely.
They are absolutely crucial.
They've saved me and my partners many times over the years.
They are 50% of the vote.
Everybody at home are absolutely integral to the whole voting system.
Thank you very much.
APPLAUSE
We'll find out which of our couples will be
in the Dance-Off very shortly.
Claud, how's everyone feeling up there?
Ecstatic, Tess.
Everyone is so happy.
Kaz, how excited are you to be through?
I'm buzzing.
Honestly.
I think we're all nervous, but I'm just so buzzing to get
through to next week.
So thanks everyone that voted, it means a lot.
Tell me about you going into Dave Arch's band pit.
Well, no, I got a kid's drum kit for Christmas
to see whether I could commit to an adult's drum kit.
So I thought, I'm going to go in and ask Dave, "Can I have a go?"
I can't play the drums.
Don't tell him.
Don't tell him that, you're right.
THEY LAUGH
But I'm going to give it a real good go...
I'm just going to tell, he can hear us.
Dave, is it a yes?
Yes!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Well done.
Who is your icon?
Um, Celine Dion.
THEY CHEER
Queen Celine Dion!
Shall we have a bit, please?
# Don't say what you're about to say...
# Baby don't cry, don't cry...
# Ahhhhhhhh
# Look back before you leave my life...
Give me more, more, more...
# My life...# # My life...#
Love it!
THEY LAUGH
You know, what's wonderful about Carlos?
He's an excellent dancer, but not...
You're doing the rumba.
We cannot wait to see it.
Thank you so much.
Lewis, how are you feeling about the whole experience of Strictly?
If that's not too big a question!
Where do I start?
Um...
I'm absolutely loving it.
I think everyone should just dance, really.
You don't need to be on Strictly.
You can be in your kitchen with your grandkids,
with your daughter, whatever, and you can just put
some music on and dance.
Let's talk about Icons Week, who are you going to be?
ADOPTING AMERICAN ACCENT: Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Such a brilliant choice, I can't wait!
Katya, next week is going to be your 10th quickstep on the show.
Yeah.
He's going to be brilliant at it, right?
Yeah...
Is it quick?
Well, it might be my 10th quickstep, but it's always the first
time for my celebrities.
Yeah.
And I really think it's going to suit you.
And, honestly, he doesn't take a single week for granted.
He comes on Monday and he's open-minded.
He's...he's like a sponge.
He's like, "Teach me. I want, you know, I want to do
every dance justice."
We cannot wait to see a quickstep to Johnny Cash, everyone.
Yes!
Vicky, you are, I don't think this is too big a word,
OBSESSEED by your icon.
Yes.
Share with the group.
That's actually probably downplaying it, if I'm honest.
Yeah, go on.
So I was blonde until I was 21, and then I dyed my hair brown
to be like this person.
It's Cheryl Cole.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Do you love her? Yes!
I do too.
THEY LAUGH
I think you love her more than anybody else, though,
on Earth - you dyed your hair!
I know, yeah.
We cannot wait to see it.
You, I love the fact that you teach Vicky a certain way
and you take on a persona.
Talk me through it.
Yes, so Vicky has a bit of an obsession
with Anton Du Beke and I...
It's a crush, it's a crush.
It's a crush, and I happen to be half decent at impressions.
So I found that if I teach Vicky as Anton du Beke,
she does what I say.
So I was like...
IMPERSONATING ANTON: Well, let me just tell you, my love...
THEY LAUGH
Your samba was marvellous!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
That was very good!
Yes!
More, more.
I'm actually hot under the collar just hearing that.
Cheryl Cole and Anton Du Beke...
Just saying.
Cheryl Du Beke!
Of all...
Harry, your beautiful daughter, she can be quite
a harsh critic, can't she?
Oh, yes, she doesn't hold back, she doesn't hold back.
I'm not her favourite dancer.
She really, really enjoyed Ellie and Vito's number.
They got a ten.
Yeah, last week I got an eight, this week I got a seven.
Um...yeah, I've got some work to do, so, Aubree, I'm working on it.
We're working on it.
And, you know, Daddy will do you proud, I'm sure.
Oh, that's so cute.
Talk to me about your icon.
Oh, my icon.
He's like, watch this.
You know - Usher.
Usher.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Let's have a bit, please.
If you know, you know.
# I'm so (Caught up)
Woo!
# Got me feelin' it (Caught up)
# I don't know what it is
# But she's seems she got me twisted...#
Should we even...
Should we even train this week?
Nah!
Karen, you are our longest serving pro.
Come on, come on!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And we love you, and next week, you're doing
the Argentine tango with Harry.
Yes.
Do you know the last time you did one on Strictly?
Well, it's been exactly 13 years since my last Argentine tango.
Can you believe it?!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
So I'd better make this one good, I'd better go and practice.
THEY LAUGH
We can't wait to see it.
All of you, thank you so much.
Now it's time for some music.
With her new single, please welcome the amazing Leigh-Anne!
Woo!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Cos I found you tonight
# All the signs are right here
# Know it's been some time
# Won't you come and get your
# Said it's been a minute come and show me you can have it
# Put in OT just for me
# Really hoping you can manage
# Won't you come play with my body
# You know, love when you take control
# Know it's hard for me to let go, let go
# Love how you feel on my body
# Take the lead I'll follow
# If you ready let me know
# Done told you once before, not tryna play no games
# Have it your way, I'll do what you say
# Eyes on us when you pull me closer
# Cos I found you tonight
# All the signs are right here
# Know it's been some time
# Won't you come and get your
# Said it's been a minute come and show me you can have it
CHEERING
# Put in OT just for me
# Really hoping you can manage
# Won't you come play with my body
# You know, love when you take control
# Know it's hard for me to let go, let go
# Love how you feel on my body
Let's go, Strictly!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Love how you feel on my body
# Gwan wid it, gwan wid it
# I got you feeling like a winner so confident, dominant
# It's so obvious, now don't you make me wait
# Come have it your way
# I'll do what you say
# Eyes on us when you pull me closer
# Cos I found you tonight
# All the signs are right here
# Know it's been some time
# Won't you come and get your
# Said it's been a minute come and show me you can have it
# You can have it
# Put in OT just for me
# Really hoping you can manage
# Manage, manage, manage
# Won't you come play with my body
# You know, love when you take control
# Know it's hard for me to let go, let go
# Love how you feel on my body
# What you waiting for?
# Put your back in it
# Just a little more
# Oh, oh, oh, oh
# Said it's been a minute come and show me you can have it
# Show me you can have it, yeah
# Put in OT just for me
# Really hoping you can manage
# Manage, manage
# Won't you come play with my body
# You know, love when you take control
# Control
# Know it's hard for me to let go, let go
# Love how you feel on my body
# What you waiting for?
# Put your back in it
# Just a little more
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
LYRICS SPEED UP
# Said it's been a minute come and show me you can have it
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Put in OT just for me, really hoping you can manage
# Won't you come play with my body
# You know, love when you take control
# Know it's hard for me to let go, let go
# Love how you feel on my body
CHEERING
# Oh, oh. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you to Leigh-Anne and our professionals.
Now, what has eight legs and won't stop talking about cucarachas?
It's the judges!
# La cucaracha, la cucaracha...#
LAUGHTER
I actually don't know what's just happened!
Everyone, what a week. You were very impressed.
Well, it's the best week four I've ever had in the run I've done
in the last nine years. I've never seen such quality,
I've never seen such professionalism from them all.
It was just fantastic.
You gave your first 10 of the series, and to a rumba.
You got out of your seat and went to kiss,
as you called her, the queen. Why was it so perfect?
I just think I wasn't expecting it. Sometimes, you know, you think,
oh, here we go with another rumba.
And the action that she developed in her legs, Motsi and
I were talking about it, was absolutely sensational.
But she also had fluidity, and the choreography was just set
so beautifully by Johannes that everything came together -
the lights, the camera, the action, the music.
It was just... I'll take it with me forever.
Forever and ever.
When I'm an old lady, I will still remember that.
It was very beautiful.
Craig, we know you love a Charleston.
I do.
Everybody else adored Stefan. You said they played it safe.
Safe?
They ran down the stairs, they were chased by police,
there was all these different scenes...
The acting was there and the content was there.
It just wasn't danced efficiently enough,
or to that goofy sort of experience that
you want to experience.
No, look at them! Take it back! Look at it!
No, it was safe! Look! That's not safe!
How can you call that safe?! Are you unwell?
You must listen to me, darling. I'm trying.
There was no inner double bounce. There was nothing of that.
It was very square.
It was placed. It was safe.
The point is, I'm making, is that I think you have to know the dance
really super well in order so you're not thinking
about the next step, and I felt through that performance,
he was just making sure he was getting through it.
OK. Sorry.
Thank you very much. No, we have to accept it.
We have to accept it. Never apologise.
And... Well, I wouldn't to you, darling.
Thank you, darling. Thank you, gang.
Anton, I'd love to talk to you about Vicki,
because her score has gone up every single week.
A beautiful improvement. I loved that samba.
Do you know why? Because it was so clean,
the rhythm was there...
All the choreography brilliantly put together by Kai.
I have to tell you, wonderfully put together.
And I thought she danced it so strongly.
She's gone on to another level, I think.
And I think she's dancing in a much better way.
Much more enthusiasm about what she's doing,
and I'm really enjoying her performance.
I think she should just plough on on this course and start
to believe in herself, because I think she'll go a long way.
All right. Thank you very much.
Motsi, I'd love to talk to you about La Voix, because you all said
sometimes it just doesn't go your way.
I mean, it's a live show, and that's the excitement
or the magic of a live show,
and when it goes wrong, it goes completely wrong.
But I mean, you know, she comes back from it,
and when she was speaking with Tess after the dance,
she... just her reaction was so human
and she's so funny and she's so entertaining,
and I'm sure next week she'll be better.
But it happens to all of us. OK.
Just for all of us, we have to have this again.
And by the way, the Christmas party, you need to recreate this.
Here we go.
# It must have been love
# But it's over now
# Must have been good
# But I lost it somehow...#
APPLAUSE AND LAUGHTER
That is amazing!
I watched it back 72 times, because nobody's holding back.
Nobody!
You're going for it, and it's majestic.
Thank you very much. Let's hear it for the judges!
Hey!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Now it's time for the final set of results.
Tess.
Thank you, Claud. This is it.
Someone must leave the ballroom tonight.
Balvinder and Julian, Amber and Nikita,
Chris and Nadiya, Jimmy and Lauren...
Two of you are safe, two of you are in the Dance Off.
I'm about to announce which of you will compete
for your place on Strictly.
The first couple in tonight's Dance Off is...
Chris and Nadiya.
And the couple joining them will be...
Balvinder and Julian.
Amber and Nikita and Jimmy and Lauren, well done.
We'll see you in Icons Week.
APPLAUSE
Balvinder and Julian and Chris and Nadiya,
please come and join me.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I know this is tough. Shirley, both couples have been
in the Dance Off before, but it doesn't make it any easier.
Have you got any words of encouragement for them now?
Well, I believe you should go out there, put your best foot forward,
give it everything you've got, enjoy every single moment.
It will only be going off the performance that
you deliver tonight. Thank you very much.
APPLAUSE
Chris and Nadiya and Balvinder and Julian,
if you would please take your places for the Dance Off.
Best of luck from all of us.
Thank you. Thank you.
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Anything can happen in the Dance Off.
Who stays is now down to the judges.
Dancing first, with their paso, it's Balvinder and Jools!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: Diablo Rojo.
CHEERS
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Balvinder and Jools have done all they can.
Now, with their salsa, it's Chris and Nadiya.
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# Uepa!
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa'lante Maria
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa' atras
# Uepa!
# She's the one that always turns me on
# Sexy angel fallen from Heaven
# She's the one that always drives me wild
# In her arms she's driving forever
# Asi es Maria blanca como el dia
# Pero es veneno si te quieres enamorar
# Asi es Maria tan caliente y fria
# Que si te la bebes de seguro te va a matar
# Uepa!
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa'lante Maria
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa' atras
# Aunque me muera
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa'lante Maria
# Maria, Maria
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa' atras
# I wanna make you mine
# Uepa!
# Un pasito pa'lante
# Un pasito pa' atras
# Un pasito pa'lante
# Un pasito pa' atras
# Uepa!
# Oooh-eeeh-oooooh
# Un, dos, tres
# Ohhh-ahhh
# Oooh-eeeh-oooooh
# Dos, tres
# Ohhh-ahhh
# Uepa!
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa'lante Maria
# Un, dos, tres, un pasito pa' atras
# Uepa! #.
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Balvinder and Julian and Chris and Nadiya can do no more.
Judges, it's decision time.
Based on that Dance-Off alone, I'm about to ask each
of you the name of the couple you think deserves to stay, and why.
The couple with the most votes will remain in the competition,
meaning the other couple will leave Strictly Come Dancing.
In the event of a tie, our judge with the casting vote -
that is you this week, Craig - will have the final say.
Motsi, we'll start with you.
Who do you want to send through to Icons Week and why?
First of all, I have to say my heart is broken for both
of you because I really don't think you deserve to be in the Dance-Off.
Both of you have been working so hard and you've developed
so much, and you've shown so much talent and love for the show.
Um...for me, it's just two different levels and two
different types of dancing, and I decided to save...
..Balvinder and Julian.
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Shirley, who do you think deserves to stay
in the ballroom and why?
Well, both couples danced extremely well.
Technically, I think they were about on the same level -
both couples.
But one couple had a little bit more degree of difficulty and
just gave a little bit of a stronger performance.
So I chose to save Chris and Nadiya.
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That's one vote apiece.
Anton, who's secured your vote and why?
Well, two very different dances, but requiring the same amount
of positivity and surefootedness.
And I thought they both danced reasonably...
One couple danced with stronger execution,
and for that, I'd like to save Chris and Nadiya.
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That's two votes for Chris and Nadiya and one vote
for Balvinder and Julian.
Craig, this week, you have the casting vote.
The person you decide to save will be going through.
So who would you like to keep in Strictly and why?
Well, Chris did fantastic lifts, but the salsa,
I've got to say, was quite poor. There wasn't much of it at all.
There was absolutely no hips or anything like that.
And I would have liked to have seen just a forward and back basic.
Balvinder made mistakes, so that wasn't great.
So my quandary is, do I choose someone that is going to be
splashy and full of tricks,
or do I go for quality and technical ability?
So I think I would like to go for quality and technical ability.
And that couple -
Balvinder and Julian.
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Balvinder and Julian, congratulations,
we will see you next week.
That means we are, of course, going to have to say goodbye
to Chris and Nadiya.
If you could please come and join me.
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Come here, you two. Oh, I am so sorry to see you go.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I mean, what a month it's been, Chris.
You've come so far.
You said that Strictly gave you the fear factor.
Have you enjoyed the experience?
Yeah, look, I've loved it. I've had an amazing partner.
But for me, coming onto this journey, I had no confidence.
To be told I had world-class qualities
on the dance floor, even though we're going home,
that is amazing to hear. So thank you very much.
It's given me such confidence.
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To my partner as well, Nadiya, I'm sorry, but this is...
It's been an amazing journey.
She's been a brilliant teacher.
I've developed so much and, yeah, it's been a great ride,
so thank you. Absolute pleasure.
Nadiya, Chris just threw himself into this, didn't he?
He did. into this, didn't he?
What would you like to say to him? into this, didn't he?
Well, Chris, I had a few wonderful weeks with you,
and I saw all the qualities, why you were the captain
of your country. Just to watch you from a non-dancer,
non-performer blossom and improve and develop.
And on Friday night, when we were here rehearsing,
you told me that you can't wait to perform on Saturday,
and that's the best confirmation that you got that feeling,
you got that love for dance and it means the world.
And I know sometimes on this show you win by getting the Glitterball,
but this year, I feel that I won just getting you as my partner.
So thank you so much. Aww!
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Thank you so much.
Lovely words.
Chris, as Motsi said this weekend, you are a wonderful role model
for young men and you are going to be very much missed
by all of us on the show.
Thank you so much for taking part.
Thank you very much for having me.
I've loved my journey, so appreciate it.
Thank you everyone.
Thank you!
If you would be so kind as to take your place for one last dance.
Sorry to see you go.
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Chris and Nadiya will join Fleur and Janette on It Takes Two
this week on BBC Two.
We'll be back next Saturday at 6:20, when our 12 remaining couples
will transform into music icons.
MUSIC: Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds
Now, with their farewell dance, it is Chris and Nadiya!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Don't you forget about me
# Don't, don't, don't, don't
# Don't you forget about me
# As you walk on by
# Will you call my name?
# As you walk on by
# Will you call my name?
# When you walk away. #
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