It’s the milestone week that all of the Strictly Come Dancing couples are desperate to reach.
Now Blackpool week is finally here, and the celebrities and their professional dance partners are ready to perform for judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel-Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Dame Darcey Bussell.
Actor Danny John-Jules and dance partner Amy Bowden were eliminated from the competition last week after facing Graeme Swann and Oti Mabuse in the dreaded dance off.
But who will reach the top of the leaderboard this week? And who will be in danger of getting the boot?
As ever, the two couples with the lowest scores – the judges’ scores combined with the viewers’ vote – will find themselves dancing for survival on Sunday night.
Here are the scores as they happen this week…
First up to dance were Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton, who performed the salsa to Gina G’s Ooh Aah (Just A Little Bit).
Shirley said: "You brought it today."
While Bruno said: "It was wild and wonderful – like a ride on the big one!"
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 7
Darcey – 8
Shirley – 9
Bruno – 9
TOTAL: 33
Next up were Lauren Steadman and AJ Pritchard, who danced the Argentine Tango to River by Bishop Briggs.
Bruno said: "I love the determination you put in the dance… but it lacked a bit of fluidity and intimacy."
Craig commented: "I felt you were getting stuck between each step."
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 5
Darcey – 6
Shirley – 7
Bruno – 7
TOTAL: 25
Next up was Graeme Swann and Oti Mabuse performing a couples’ choice routine after choosing Theatre and Jazz.
The pair performed to The Trolley Song from Meet Me In St Louis.
Craig said: "I can’t really see you having a career in musical theatre… I don’t think you led the dance at all."
Darcey commented: "I so believed in you – oh my goodness. You understood the style, you enjoyed playing the style as well."
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 7
Darcey – 8
Shirley – 8
Bruno – 9
TOTAL: 32
Darcey said: "You have beautiful strong delivery, dramatic attack, but what you kept was that femininity."
Shirley said: "I thought it was brilliant."
Bruno added: "It was steaming like a pressure cooker!"
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 9
Darcey – 9
Shirley – 10
Bruno – 10
TOTAL: 38
Next up were Kate Silverton and Aljaž Škorjanec, who performed an American Smooth to Everlasting Love by Love Affair.
Shirley said: "Kate the consistent… It was very good."
Bruno said: "That was so blissfully smooth."
Craig: "I thought it lacked a little bit of energy."
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 7
Darcey – 7
Shirley – 8
Bruno – 8
TOTAL: 30
Next up were Charles Venn and Karen Clifton who performed the samba to La Bamba by Connie Francis.
Bruno said: "When you were dancing with the guys – [you were] indistinguishable from the professionals."
Craig added: "I really liked it."
Darcey: "To see the confidence, the masculinity, the natural flow… I am impressed."
Shirley said: "I’m all hot and bothered!"
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 9
Darcey – 9
Shirley – 10
Bruno – 10
TOTAL: 38
Next up were Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell who were dancing a Quickstep to Dancin’ Fool by Copacabana.
Craig said: "You need to broaden your lines… You need to take more ownership of the space."
Darcey: "That was a grand performance – oh my goodness, a classic Quickstep. That was a stunning dance."
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 8
Darcey – 10
Shirley – 10
Bruno – 10
TOTAL: 38
The final couple to perform were Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev, who performed a jive to Shake Ya Tail Feather by The Blues Brothers.
Shirley said: "The whole thing was on form and fantastic."
Bruno said: "There are some performances that become part of Strictly history – you did just that."
The judges gave them the following scores:
Craig – 10
Darcey – 10
Shirley – 10
Bruno – 10
TOTAL: 40
Ashley and Pasha achieved a perfect score of 40, putting them atop the leaderboard.
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