Overview
- Pre‑recorded results from Saturday night leaked online before the Sunday broadcast, drawing strong backlash from viewers reacting to the reported exit.
- Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin led the Week 8 leaderboard with 38 points, with Lewis Cope and Katya Jones on 37 and Alex Kingston and Johannes Radebe on 35.
- Balvinder Sopal with Julian Caillon and Vicky Pattison with Kai Widdrington were joint bottom on 27, and bookmakers again list Balvinder as most at risk.
- George Clarke remains the overall betting favourite at around 10/11; his Rumba dedicated to his mother scored 29 despite positive audience reaction.
- Strictly’s Results Show is recorded immediately after the live episode, a long‑standing practice that enables leaks as Blackpool week looms on November 22.