Overview
- Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin were unanimously saved by all four judges after a results-show dance-off against Lewis Cope and Katya Jones.
- The semi-final lineup is set: Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin, Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, George Clarke and Alexis Warr, and Karen Carney and Carlos Gu.
- Davies earned a perfect 40 in Musicals Week yet still fell into the bottom two, underscoring Strictly’s combined judges’ scores and public vote format.
- Cope and Jones scored 35 for their West Side Story salsa, which drew criticism from Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood despite a joint-second leaderboard finish.
- Unverified spoiler posts circulated before the broadcast and viewer backlash followed the official result, as the show confirmed next weekend’s semi-final with two routines per couple and performances by Kylie Minogue and Five.