Overview
- After the dance-off, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke voted to keep Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, with Shirley Ballas confirming she would have agreed.
- Goldstein and Vito Coppola scored 27 for their tango to Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra, one point behind Sopal and Caillon’s 28 for their rumba to Stay.
- Coppola delivered an emotional on-air tribute to Goldstein, calling her his “little sister,” prompting a strong outpouring from viewers on social media.
- This marks Coppola’s first elimination since joining Strictly in 2022, having reached the final in each prior series.
- Sopal has now survived the bottom two for a third time this series, and nine couples return next weekend with live shows on 8 and 9 November.