Overview
- Goldstein, 23, the show's first contestant with Down’s syndrome, became the fifth celebrity to leave this series.
- In the dance-off, Goldstein and Vito Coppola reprised a tango to Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra against Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon’s rumba to Shakespears Sister’s Stay.
- Saturday’s scores had Sopal and Caillon on 28 and Goldstein and Coppola on 27, with Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke voting to save Sopal as Shirley Ballas said she would have too.
- Coppola gave an emotional farewell, calling Goldstein his “little sister,” in what was his first Strictly elimination since joining in 2022.
- Sopal has now landed in the bottom two three times as viewers reacted widely on social media, while Goldstein and Coppola are due on It Takes Two on Monday.