Tasha Ghouri secures first perfect 40 of Strictly Come Dancing 2024

Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri has been awarded the archetypal cleanable people of the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing bid for an elegant American Smooth with her nonrecreational spouse Aljaz Skorjanec.

The 26-year-old, who is the show’s 2nd deaf contestant, performed a bid of precocious lifts and dips during their creation to Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi to unafraid the apical people of 40 during Saturday’s unrecorded show.

Head justice Shirley Ballas praised it arsenic the “Rolls-Royce” of the American Smooth portion Craig Revel Horwood described it arsenic “fab-u-lous”.

Motsi Mabuse hailed it arsenic “perfection” and said Ghouri had brought the poignant opus to life.

Anton Du Beke, who got affectional during the performance, added that this is wherefore dancers execute due to the fact that of “how it makes america feel”.

As the past performer of the night, she had to bash a speedy alteration retired of her flowing metallic gown with a sparkly bodice into a bluish sparkly formal with tulle detailing for a 2nd number.

This week saw the instrumentality of the dance-a-thon erstwhile each the couples performed the samba simultaneously portion the judges looked on.

Ghouri picked up an further six points arsenic she was voted runner-up down JLS prima JB Gill, who was named the victor of the dance, landing 7 points.

Earlier successful the night, Gill secured a people of 39 retired of 40 aft delivering a bid of melodramatic lifts with his nonrecreational spouse Lauren Oakley.

Dressed successful achromatic trousers, a striped garment and braces, the popular prima flipped Oakley upside down and successful a cartwheel rotation arsenic good arsenic showing disconnected his speedy footwork during his lively Charleston to Yes Sir! That’s My Baby by Firehouse Five Plus Two.

Revel Horwood praised the regular arsenic “pure class”, portion Mabuse said Gill has loosened up to present person the “right swag”.

Ballas besides thanked Gill for bringing “so overmuch joy” to the dancefloor arsenic she described his show arsenic “amazing”.

Gill has been dancing with Oakley since week 7 pursuing the exit of his erstwhile partner, Amy Dowden, who was forced to propulsion retired due to the fact that of wounded earlier this month.

Welsh dancer Dowden, who was not capable to vie successful the past bid owed to undergoing crab treatment, could beryllium seen cheering the brace connected from the audience.

Olympian Montell Douglas and her nonrecreational spouse Johannes Radebe hopped their mode to a people of 37 for their quickstep to Get Happy by Ella Fitzgerald.

Du Beke said it was their champion show since their couple’s prime portion Revel Horwood thought it looked “a spot stiff” astatine the opening but felt the dynamics were “out of this world”.

Miranda prima Sarah Hadland, who jointly topped the leaderboard with Ghouri past week successful Blackpool, served up a sizzling rumba to Chains by Tina Arena.

The histrion was twirled and dipped by reigning champion Vito Coppola to unafraid a people of 36, the highest for a rumba successful the series.

Ballas hailed it arsenic the champion rumba of the play truthful far, describing it arsenic a regular that deserved to beryllium successful a “major championship”.

Du Beke agreed, saying it was 1 of her champion performances, but Revel Horwood thought it “lacked chemistry”.

Reality prima and podcast big Pete Wicks kicked disconnected week 10 with an elegant tango which landed him a people of 29.

Dressed successful an all-black suit, Wicks guided and dipped his nonrecreational spouse Jowita Przystal crossed the dancefloor to Easy Lover by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins.

Ballas hailed him arsenic “quite an bonzer performer” and that this week she loved that helium was “focused connected the occupation astatine hand”.

Comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell delivered a fiery paso doble for their Strictly performance, which brought Buswell’s parents to tears.

Ahead of the performance, the Australian dancer revealed her parents had not seen her creation since she joined the amusement 7 years ago.

Their show to El Gato Montes by Manuel Panella secured them a people of 33, with Mabuse saying she “loved the commitment” successful the dance.

Meanwhile, EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas performed a graceful foxtrot to Stand By Me by Ben E King.

The brace were awarded a people of 32 from the judges for the regular which saw them twirl and glide crossed the dancefloor.

Du Beke said helium thinks Borthwick is simply a beauteous dancer but advised him to beryllium much “ridiculous and implicit the top”.

In the dance-a-thon, McCausland came past securing 1 point, Borthwick was adjacent taking location two, Wicks picked up three, Hadland 4 and Douglas secured 5 points.

Strictly Come Dancing result’s amusement airs connected Sunday astatine 7.20pm connected BBC One.