Devastated Strictly Come Dancing star Punam Krishan makes vow as she's axed from show

Strictly Come Dancing returned connected Sunday nighttime for the latest results amusement which saw Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez up against Shayne Ward successful the Halloween week creation off

The latest dance-off connected Strictly Come Dancing led to Dr Punam Krishan being voted retired of the competition, though she's made a committedness pursuing the experience.

Punam, 41, and her creation spouse Gorka Márquez, 34, person go the latest mates to permission the BBC show. The brace ended up successful the dance-off this play against Shayne Ward, 40, and Nancy Xu, 33, arsenic portion of Halloween week.

Both couples were seen taking to the dancefloor with their routines again successful Sunday night's results show, with Punam and Gorka performing their tango to Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams first. Shayne and Nancy past performed their paso doble to Edvard Grieg's In The Hall of The Mountain King.

Following the dance-off performances, judges Craig Revel Horwood, 59, Motsi Mabuse, 43, and Anton Du Beke, 58, each chose to prevention Shayne and Nancy - with the bulk determination resulting successful Punam and Gorka's departure. Head justice Shirley Ballas, 64, agreed with the decision, saying that she would voted to prevention Shayne and Nancy too.

It marked the archetypal clip that Punam and Gorka had been successful the dance-off, whilst Shayne and Nancy had antecedently been saved by the judges 2 weeks ago. That dance-off saw Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk voted disconnected Strictly.

Discussing her clip connected Strictly aft the vote, Punam said: "I americium truly arrogant of myself. You cognize I've taken connected thing that's truthful retired of my comfortableness zone. The 1 happening that I've precise overmuch learnt is to accidental yes more, and that determination is nary constituent successful your beingness erstwhile you tin halt learning caller skills."

"I've learnt much than dancing, I've learnt truthful overmuch from Gorka. Everyone's been truthful unthinkable and it's conscionable memories that I'll instrumentality location everlastingly and I americium precise proud. I've made my household precise proud, I'm conscionable truly grateful," she added.

She besides commented connected the show: "I deliberation to person 1 of your dreams genuinely travel existent is conscionable a surreal feeling. Week aft week it's been incredible, I've made friends for beingness and everyone's conscionable been truthful kind, truthful convey you."

Her creation spouse Gorka said: "I'm precise arrogant of what she has achieved. [...] She had ne'er danced earlier and I deliberation she improved week by week. I deliberation she is genuinely what the amusement is about, idiosyncratic who doesn't person acquisition successful the show world came present and learnt to dance."

Further sharing his thoughts, helium said: "She wanted to bash truthful good and worked truthful hard. Also I consciousness precise arrogant and precise honoured that we got to bash a Bollywood dance, to correspond your culture, amusement your civilization to the satellite and unfastened doors for truthful galore radical successful your culture."

Punam past added successful a connection to Gorka and assured that her departure from Strictly won't beryllium the extremity of her "journey dancing." She said: "Thank you for believing successful me. Thank you for giving maine the acquisition of dancing. I've ne'er danced before, but you've decidedly sparked truthful overmuch dancing. I privation to larn more, and I decidedly don't deliberation this volition beryllium the extremity of my travel dancing."

The remaining 10 couples connected the latest bid of Strictly, which launched past month, are acceptable to instrumentality to the dancefloor adjacent week for the caller icons themed week connected November 2 from 6.30pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The results amusement volition past aerial the pursuing evening from 7.20pm.

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