Overview

• Ross King and Jowita Przystał were eliminated after the dance-off, with Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke voting to save Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, and Shirley Ballas indicating she would have done the same.
• Lewis Cope and Katya Jones topped the leaderboard with 37 for a Paso Doble, earning the series’ first 10 from Motsi Mabuse.
• Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis missed Movie Week due to illness and, under the rules, received a bye with partner Dianne Buswell to next week.
• Wicked star Cynthia Erivo joined as Strictly’s first guest mentor for Movie Week, offering feedback in rehearsals and praising the performances.
• Viewers reacted to early spoiler leaks and criticized elements of the revamped results show, as the series also shifts to online-only voting and a rotating casting vote among judges.