Overview
- Performing a Couple’s Choice to Radiohead’s Creep, the pair mixed Charleston, jazz, tap and American smooth to top the Halloween leaderboard.
- Anton Du Beke said there was nothing they could have done better, with Craig Revel Horwood calling it “spectacular” and Motsi Mabuse describing it as “out of this world.”
- Shirley Ballas praised Cope’s family influence as the couple secured the series’ first 40 and were confirmed safe for week seven on the results show.
- Cope joked he effectively scored 50 after revealing his Nana Dot waved a home ‘10’ paddle, following family celebrations in Hartlepool.
- Reaction spilled across social media as fans called the routine one of Strictly’s best, with girlfriend Rachel Maya Lopez hailing the moment and Emmerdale’s Amy Walsh saying it moved her to tears.