Overview
- Shaun Wright‑Phillips and his professional partner Alexis Warr were eliminated in Sunday night's results after losing a dance‑off to Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu.
- Judges Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse voted to save Winstone and Gu, Shirley Ballas voted to save Wright‑Phillips and Warr, and Anton Du Beke used the casting vote to keep Winstone and Gu.
- The BBC announced that next Saturday's Halloween results show will stage the show's first‑ever triple dance‑off, in which the three lowest combined‑score couples will dance again and judges will eliminate one pair.
- Week 5 also produced the series' top score so far, with Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita on 37, and saw Delta Goodrem return from a rib injury to earn the competition's first 10s and a 34 for her rumba.
- Production and transparency issues continued to draw attention after the broadcast, including a pre‑show elimination leak linked to audience posts, a live on‑air graphic correction to Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola's score, and viewer complaints about a guest performance.