Sarah Hadland and Tasha Ghouri jointly top Strictly leaderboard at Blackpool

Actress Sarah Hadland and Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri person jointly topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard successful Blackpool.

The BBC One amusement was broadcast from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom connected Saturday, celebrating its 20th twelvemonth by opening with the nonrecreational dancers dancing to the Pet Shop Boys performing a medley of their hits, including It’s A Sin, Suburbia and What Have I Done To Deserve This.

The judges gave some Ghouri and Hadland a near-perfect people of 39 points.

Motsi Mabuse described Ghouri’s aggravated and melodramatic paso doble regular to Nathan Lanier’s Torn, during which nonrecreational Aljaz Skorjanec flung her done his legs, arsenic the “dance of the night”.

Hadland and her spouse Vito Coppola’s couple’s prime regular to Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue was described by justice Craig Revel Horwood arsenic “a small excessively perfect”.

Horwood told them helium knew “it sounds weird”, but felt that Hadland lacked emotion, which helium felt “brought you out” of the show astatine moments.

Comedian Chris McCausland opened the show, delivering a classical American creaseless regular to Canadian-born vocalist Paul Anka’s Jump with his spouse Dianne Buswell.

Head justice Shirley Ballas told achromatic tie-wearing McCausland that helium had the “best feet I’ve seen successful a agelong time”, and “didn’t miss a beat”, portion Anton Du Beke said “if anyone tin bushed that tonight, I’d beryllium amazed”.

Buswell and McCausland earned 37 points from the judges, arsenic co-host Tess Daly said they were the 100th Strictly mates to execute successful Blackpool.

Bottom of the leaderboard was world prima Pete Wicks, who danced a cha cha to I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred with nonrecreational Jowita Przystal, and opera vocalist Wynne Evans, who finished his Charleston regular by swinging his spouse Katya Jones by her feet.

Du Beke praised Evans’ creation to Georges Bizet’s Carmen Suite No 1: 5. Les Toreadors for its enthusiasm and commitment, but told him helium looked “exhausted towards the extremity of the dance”.

The judges gave them 31 points.

Mabuse told Wicks she “loved it for each the incorrect reasons”, and “wished the dancing had supported it”.

The mates received 27 points.

Strictly’s results amusement airs connected Sunday.