The six remaining couples returned to the dancefloor on Saturday (November 29), marking the tenth week of the 2025 Strictly competition.
This week, it was a tie for the top score, with both Amber Davies and Karen Carney and their respective partners, Nikita Kuzmin and Carlos Gu, scoring a perfect 40.
At the other end of the leaderboard, Alex Kingston and her partner Joahannes Radebe recorded the lowest score of 23.
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Meanwhile, in a Strictly first, the remaining couples also had to tackle the brand new Instant Dance challenge.
Overseen by Tess and Claudia, the Instant Dance challenge saw each couple pick a dance style at random from the ones they had already learnt in the competition.
They were then played their accompanying music and, after a frantic costume change, each couple had 10 seconds to decide how they would dance.
After all six Strictly couples had danced, the Strictly judges then ranked them and awarded extra marks accordingly.
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Drag artist La Voix was forced to withdraw from the competition last week due to injury, meaning there was no dance-off or elimination, and scores were carried over to this week.
So the scores after weeks 9 and 10, plus the extra points from the Instant Dance challenge, were:
- Lewis and Katya – 40 / 36 + 6 = 82
- Amber and Nikita – 36 / 40 + 4 = 80
- Karen and Carlos – 39 / 40 + 1 = 80
- George and Alexis – 39 / 34 + 2 = 75
- Balvinder and Julian – 33 / 28 + 5 = 66
- Alex and Johannes – 35 / 23 + 3 = 61
Alex Kingston becomes eighth celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing 2025
Following the public vote, Alex and Johannes, along with EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal and her partner Julian Caillon, were forced into the dance battle on Sunday’s (November 30) results show.
The couples performed their routines from Saturday night again, with the judges then deciding who to save.
Anton Du Beke chose to save Alex and Johannes, while Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse voted to save Balvinder and Julian.
Head judge Shirley Ballas, who had the casting vote this week, decided to save Balvinder and Julian, securing their place in the Strictly 2025 quarter-finals (musicals week).
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This meant that Alex and Johannes became the eighth couple to be eliminated from Strictly 2025.
Following her elimination, Alex said: “I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would last this long.
“It’s been just the most incredible journey for me.
“I feel quite proud of myself because I’ve loved the process, I mean 100%, you can tell by my smile. Everyone always says that their dance partner is a friend for life, but JoJo really will be.”
Johannes added: “I’ve never grinned as much as I have in the last few weeks. Thank you Alex for being a trooper, I will hold on to the memories.
“As far as the dancing goes, I think we’ve achieved what we wanted to achieve.
“These memories are just the beginning for us, we can say that we are very much a Strictly family.”
Sunday’s results show also featured a rumba by the professionals to Wicked Game by Grace Carter, choreographed by Oti Mabuse and Marius Lepure.
Singer Myles Smith also performed his song Stay (If You Wanna Dance) which was accompanied by professional dancers Kai Widdrington and Karen Hauer.
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The remaining five couples will return to the Strictly dancefloor on Saturday (December 6) for musicals week/the quarter-finals.
Not only will they be performing their usual routine, but they will also be taking on another new dance challenge (further details to come).
Strictly Come Dancing returns next Saturday (December 6) on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 6.50pm, followed by the results show on Sunday (December 7) at 7.45pm.
