The Strictly results for Blackpool week have been announced and Angela Rippon has been sent home. She was in the dance off against EastEnders star Bobby Brazier.
Angela was the eighth celebrity to be eliminated after falling to the bottom of the leaderboard. She had danced an American Smooth at the iconic Tower Ballroom.
Dance off shock in Strictly
The bottom two came as something of a shock as Bobby had performed well on Saturday night. His jive to Wake Me Up Before You Go Go by Wham! had scored 35 points. However it left him in the middle of the leaderboard which is often seen as the ‘danger zone’.
Meanwhile, Angela’s American Smooth to Tea For Two by Ella Fitzgerald had earned her 28 points.
Both celebs and their pro partners – Kai Widdrington and Dianne Buswell – performed their routines again before the judges voted.
Strictly results: Angela Rippon goes home
Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Bobby and Dianne. He explained there was a “standout performance for me that I can’t ignore and the couple that I would like to save are Bobby and Dianne.”
Motsi Mabuse also chose to save Bobby and Dianne. But she argued both couples had “danced so beautifully” in the dance off.
Next up Anton Du Beke went with Bobby and Dianne as well, meaning they were through.
Anton said: “Well again, I thought it was a marvellous dance off. Both couples danced very, very well. I thought Bobby and Dianne danced excellently again. I thought that Angela and Kai’s dance was beautiful and Angela even thanked one of the other dancers for lifting her and putting her down so gracefully which I thought was absolutely beautiful. For me the couple I would like to save are Bobby and Dianne.”
Head Judge Shirley Ballas also said she would have decided to save Bobby and Dianne, so it was a clean sweep.
Angela’s goodbye
Angela spoke fondly of her time on the show as she bid farewell.
“I have to tell you that the last nine weeks have probably been the most terrifying, the most fantastic, the most glorious, the most joyful that I have spent for a very long time in my profession.
“I have had the time of my life, people keep making reference to the fact that I presented Come Dancing, but that was 40 years ago, that was a different time! He [Kai] wasn’t even born then! But actually being this side of the competition, this side of the programme has been really an eye opener for me in so many different ways. Everybody talks about the team and all the pros –’’’’”
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