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Who left Strictly tonight? 11th celebrity to leave BBC show
Saturday night’s (December 6) main show saw Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin top the leaderboard with a perfect score of 40.
Meanwhile, Karen Carney and Carlos Gu were left at the bottom of the leaderboard at 34 in a very tight contest.
The leaderboard each week is decided by the judges’ scores, which is weighted equally with votes from the public, meaning in theory anyone could end up in the dreaded dance-off.
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The dancers were competing for a place in the semi-final, knowing that even a good score might not be enough to send them through.
Despite topping the leaderboard, Amber and Nikita were included in the bottom two alongside Lewis Cope and Katya Jones, who scored 35 from the judges.
Amber and Nikita performed their Charleston to Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat from Guys and Dolls, while Lewis and Katya did their salsa to Dance At The Gym from West Side Story.
In the end, the judges decided to save Amber and Nikita, meaning Emmerdale star Lewis was eliminated.
Speaking on his exit, Lewis said: “It’s been more than I could have ever wished for.
“If someone would have said that I’d have done 11 weeks on the show at the beginning, I’d have been over the moon and snap their hand off.
“So, thank you to the full show, to everyone for having a space where people can be themselves, grow, learn, express themselves.
“It’s been incredible and a memory that I’ll have for the rest of my life, and [to Katya] I think it’s all down to you.
“You’ve literally given me absolutely everything I could wish for as a friend, as a teacher, and, yeah, I couldn’t imagine it with anybody else. So, thank you very much.”
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Former The Apprentice contestant and businessman Thomas Skinner was the first to be eliminated, followed by TV star Ross King.
After that, former England rugby player Chris Robshaw was out next before Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis had to pull out the following week due to injury.
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They were followed by former footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, model and Malory Towers actress Ellie Goldstein, Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and TV personality Vicky Pattison.
Drag queen La Voix then had to pull out through injury before actress Alex Kingston lost the dance-off in the most recent show before Musicals Week.
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday, December 13 at 6.35pm.
