Coronation Street star and former X Factor winner Shayne Ward and his partner Nancy Xu are the latest pair to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing . Saturday’s episode saw the couples performing at Blackpool Tower, with two Couples Choice performances by Pete Wicks and partner Jowita Przystal, and Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell. It was a tough contest, with most of the couples scoring highly and no significantly low scores.
JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, who is stepping in for Amy Dowden, and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec, held their position at the top of the leaderboard for the second week running. Meanwhile, Wicks made a dramatic comeback, having come dead last in the previous week, scoring a paltry 22. He said he doubted that he “deserved” to be in the competition after Sam Quek and her pro partner Nikita Kuzman were eliminated following a judges’ decision last week.
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones, and Ward and Xu, found themselves at the bottom of the public vote for week eight of the competition. Both couples were tasked with performing their routines again with Ward and Xu dancing the Rumba to “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper. They were followed by Evans and Jones, who performed the American Smooth to “Grace Kelly” by MIKA.
The judges then gave their verdicts with Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse choosing Ward and Xu, while Anton Du Beke opted to save Evans and jones. Head judge Shirley Ballas then made the final choice, with h.
