Fourth celebrity to leave Strictly feels they already ‘won’ the show

Former footballer Paul Merson has go the 4th personage to permission Strictly Come Dancing.

However, the 56-year-old pundit was not disheartened by leaving the BBC amusement connected Sunday, saying helium feels helium has “won” by learning to dance.

Merson and nonrecreational spouse Karen Hauer faced JLS prima JB Gill and creation spouse Amy Dowden successful the creation off.

Despite Gill and Dowden being awarded 30 points from the judges for their jive regular to Outkast’s Hey Ya! they recovered themselves astatine the bottommost pursuing the nationalist vote.

On Saturday, Merson and Hauer came bottommost of the leaderboard with 19 points from the judges for their samba to Car Wash by R&B radical Rose Royce, and were followed by Morning Live doc Punam Krishan connected 21 points, TV property Pete Wicks connected 22 points, and hockey subordinate turned presenter Sam Quek on 26 points.

The judges each favoured Gill and Dowden implicit Merson and Hauer aft they performed their routines again.

Ex-Arsenal subordinate Merson said: “It’s been truly good. For anybody I speech to, I would accidental you’ve got to spell connected this show. It’s astonishing – everybody. There’s a Tottenham instrumentality implicit determination called Lincoln and adjacent he’s nice.

“It’s been amazing, honestly, amazing. I loved each infinitesimal of it, I’ve had a large teacher.

“She’s been amazing, perfectly astonishing and I couldn’t privation for a amended coach. I’ve loved each infinitesimal of it. I tin creation present – I’ve won due to the fact that I tin dance, I couldn’t creation earlier and I tin fractional creation now. It’s a bonus, implicit bonus.”

Hauer told Merson: “You’ve been a joy. I’ve ne'er giggled this much. My abs are truly choky now. I americium truthful arrogant of you. Every week you person showed up, you person improved.

“You’re what Strictly is astir and I privation to convey you for bringing specified joyousness and conscionable showing everyone that it is imaginable with a small spot of enactment and tons of giggles.”

Sunday’s results amusement besides saw erstwhile Strictly dancer Oti Mabuse, who has since go a justice connected ITV’s Dancing On Ice, choreograph Nancy Xu and Dianne Buswell’s paso doble to Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by Santa Esmeralda.

Former Strictly contestant Sophie Ellis-Bextor besides returned to the amusement to execute her caller azygous Freedom Of The Night.

The remaining 11 couples volition instrumentality to the dancefloor successful a Halloween Special erstwhile Strictly returns unrecorded connected Saturday October 26 astatine 6.25pm with the results amusement connected Sunday October 27 astatine 7.20pm connected BBC One and iPlayer.