Overview
- Judges Anton du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse voted to save Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, with head judge Shirley Ballas saying she would have made the same choice.
- Both pairs repeated their Halloween week routines, with Sopal and Caillon’s rumba scoring 28 and Goldstein and Coppola’s tango scoring 27 on Saturday.
- Goldstein, the first main-series contestant with Down’s syndrome, thanked supporters on Instagram and described her exit as the beginning of a new chapter.
- Coppola delivered an emotional tribute on air, calling Goldstein his little sister and saying she had changed his life.
- The eliminated pair will appear on Strictly: It Takes Two on Monday, and nine couples return to the main show next weekend.