Overview
- Pattison and Kai Widdrington finished joint-bottom in Week 8 with 27 for a jive to Girls Aloud’s Sound of the Underground.
- Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon reprised an American smooth to Mary Wells’ My Guy and were kept in by Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke, with Craig Revel Horwood saying he would have done the same.
- The outcome followed a sharp swing from Pattison’s near-perfect 39 for a tango to Taylor Swift’s Fate of Ophelia the previous week.
- The elimination, aired on Pattison’s 38th birthday, finalises a seven-couple lineup for next weekend’s Blackpool Tower Ballroom special.
- Widdrington said it was with “genuine sadness” they were leaving and told fans “this won’t be the last you see of us” as viewers voiced disappointment and urged a place for Pattison on the live tour.