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Chris Robshaw Exits Strictly After Split Judges’ Vote as Balvinder Sopal Survives

Craig Revel Horwood’s rotating casting vote kept Balvinder Sopal in the contest under the show’s updated tiebreak rule.

Overview

  • Robshaw and partner Nadiya Bychkova lost the week 4 dance-off to Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon after a 2–2 judges’ split.
  • Motsi Mabuse voted to save Sopal, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke backed Robshaw, and Craig Revel Horwood cast the deciding vote for Sopal.
  • Robshaw posted a lengthy message thanking Bychkova and fans and apologising that he could not go further, while Bychkova shared a ‘sad video’ praising his progress.
  • Sopal said she had a ‘tough week’ with a midweek breakdown and told It Takes Two her ‘heart sank’ at a second straight bottom-two, later thanking Craig for saving her.
  • Viewers debated the casting-vote dynamic after the rule change and noted La Voix avoided the dance-off despite the lowest score, as 12 celebrities prepare for Icons Week on Oct 25–26.