Shock ninth Strictly Come Dancing celebrity eliminated and misses out on quarter-final

EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick has missed retired connected a spot successful the Strictly Come Dancing 4th last arsenic helium becomes the ninth contestant to permission the show.

The actor, 30, and his nonrecreational spouse Michelle Tsiakkas faced the dreaded dance-off against Olympian Montell Douglas, 38, and her spouse Johannes Radebe during Sunday’s results show.

Jamie and Michelle reprised their graceful foxtrot to Stand By Me by Ben E King, which landed them a people of 32 from the judges during Saturday’s unrecorded show.

He had besides been crowned champion of the Christmas peculiar past year, with pro dancer Nancy Xu.

Judge Anton Du Beke told the histrion that helium is simply a ‘beautiful dancer’ but advised him to beryllium much ‘ridiculous’ and ‘over the top’ pursuing his show connected Saturday.

Meanwhile, Gladiator Montell and Johannes performed their quickstep to Get Happy by Ella Fitzgerald again successful a bid to impressment the judges.

They had received a people of 37 for the regular connected Saturday, with Anton saying it was their champion show since their couple’s choice.

However, Craig Revel Horwood thought it looked ‘a spot stiff’ astatine the opening but felt the dynamics were ‘out of this world’.

After some couples had danced a 2nd time, the judges unanimously agreed to prevention Montell and Johannes, sending Jamie and Michelle packing.

Montell had besides been successful the dance-off past week, which saw Wynne Evans and spouse Katya Jones eliminated.

Reflecting connected his clip connected the show, Jamie hailed Strictly Come Dancing arsenic ‘magic’ and praised those who enactment connected the show.

He said: ‘Not conscionable everyone who you spot successful beforehand of the camera, these 4 present (the judges), but everyone who works connected this show, I person specified a bully enslaved and narration with and that’s what made maine privation to bash this show, it’s the people, not what I’m doing. I’ve had the champion time.’

The actor, who was the archetypal personage spouse for Michelle connected the show, gushed implicit her arsenic being the ‘most astonishing teacher’.

‘We person laughed similar you wouldn’t believe. I person thing but the utmost respect for everyone connected the show, truthful convey you,’ helium added.

She returned the sentiment, saying: ‘Jamie is an astonishing dancer, and he’s improved truthful overmuch week by week.

‘He’s worked truthful hard to get to wherever helium is. It’s my archetypal twelvemonth with a spouse and I’ve realised that it’s truthful overmuch much than conscionable the dancing and the technique, it’s the bonds and the friendships that you make.

‘I waited 2 years for a spouse and I wouldn’t person had it immoderate different way.’

Saturday night’s unrecorded amusement elsewhere saw Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri scoring the archetypal cleanable 40, with her spouse Alijaz Skorjanec, with an American Smooth to Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi.

The nighttime besides saw the instrumentality of the dance-a-thon, wherever Tasha was voted runner-up down JLS vocalist JB Gill, who present dances with Lauren Oakley aft Amy Dowden was forced to propulsion out.

Elsewhere, comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell performed a fiery paso doble, which turned affectional arsenic she revealed her parents were successful the assemblage and had not seen her creation since she joined the amusement 7 years ago.

Towie prima Pete Wicks recovered himself astatine the bottommost of the leaderboard again, aft scoring a 29 to his tango with pro spouse Jowita Przystal to Easy Lover by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins.

The remaining six couples volition instrumentality to the dancefloor adjacent week for the 4th last with the unrecorded amusement returning to BBC One and iPlayer connected Saturday November 30 astatine 7.05pm and the results amusement airing connected Sunday December 1 astatine 7.20pm connected BBC One and iPlayer.

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