It's week eight of Strictly Come Dancing as the remaining celebrities took the dancefloor all hoping to make it to week nine and dance in the icon Blackpool Tower.
Week seven saw former England field hockey player Sam Quek eliminated as she faced a dance-off against Gladiator Montell Douglas.
Quek scored well, receiving a 29 from the judges for her American Smooth to Love Story (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift.
Despite being surprised by her elimination, Quek had kind words to say about those involved in Strictly, sharing: “I’m gutted, I just want to say thank you. I’ve learned so much. Strictly has just brought that spring in my step back. It’s just been an absolute joy.”
Strictly Come Dancing week 8 leaderboard
See how well each couple scored in week 8 of Strictly and which couple has a better chance of getting through to Blackpool.
- JB Gill and Lauren Oakley - 37
- Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec - 37
- Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola - 33
- Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe - 36
- Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu - 30
- Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas - 30
- Wynne Evans and Katya Jones - 32
- Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell - 33
- Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal - 36
How to vote on Strictly Come Dancing
There are a number of ways to vote on Strictly Come Dancing, including online and by telephone.
To vote online you can head to the BBC website and log into your BBC account.
Once you are logged in, you can vote for your favourite Strictly Come Dancing contestant with your three votes.
To do this, you just need to click the plus button on the picture of your favourite celebrity with the chance to use all three of your votes on the same person.
Once you have chosen who gets your votes, you can click 'submit' and your celebrity will get your votes.
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You can vote via the Strictly website here.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to vote online you can still vote by phone.
The phone numbers will be given out in the show and be made available on the Strictly homepage whilst the vote is open.
Strictly Come Dancing continues every Saturday and Sunday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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