{"id":97684,"date":"2025-10-25T17:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/97684\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T17:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:50:07","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live-strictly-come-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/97684\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live | Strictly Come Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Judges\u2019 scores: 7, 7, 7, 7 for a total of 28 points. Poor Kaz is \u201ca bit gutted\u201d but happier now. Claudia doing a band-up job cheering her up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd0d1b8f0857c13d16476d#block-68fd0d1b8f0857c13d16476d\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Judges\u2019 comments: Shirley says \u201cexecuted the walks very well, went wobbly in the middle, point your toes and add details but enjoyed it\u201d. Anton says \u201cdanced very well but you got a bit tense and off-balance, just lacked breathing\u201d. Craig says \u201csmooth it out, lacked fluidity and free arm placement but lovely straight legs\u201d. Motsi concludes \u201cused leg action well, be confident and let your body go\u201d. Sevens, are we saying?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd0c5f8f0857c13d164766#block-68fd0c5f8f0857c13d164766\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Karen and Carlos\u2019 rumba<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Former Lioness Karen Carney has excelled at high-energy dances. This is the first time she\u2019s slowed it down. She\u2019s been working hard on fluidity, hip movement and foot control. The rumba is partner Carlos Gu\u2019s favourite dance and Karen has surprised herself by loving it too. Wind machine on and a floor drag. Looking leggy in a beaded black dress with flouncy chiffon black cape. Rhythmic and romantic but not quite grounded and rotational enough. Still, did well with a difficult dance style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Song: Think Twice by C\u00e9line Dion.The 1994 soft rock smash won an Ivor Novello Award and topped the chart for seven weeks, selling over 1m copies in the UK alone.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Gu and Karen Carney. Photograph: Guy Levy\/BBC\/PA<a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd0b7e8f08e0ae8c401005#block-68fd0b7e8f08e0ae8c401005\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a013.44 EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Judges\u2019 scores: 9, 9, 8, 8 for a total of 34 points. Setting a high bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd0ad48f0837a8ea39369c#block-68fd0ad48f0837a8ea39369c\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Judges\u2019 comments: Motsi says \u201con top, worked with the music and changes of pace, perfect start\u201d. Shirley says \u201ca little back-weighted\u201d, coordinate all body parts but I was pleased with that\u201d. Anton says \u201cgreat, just smarten your form and the sky is the limit\u201d. Craig concludes \u201ctiny bit of gapping and topline needs sorting out\u201d. Eights and maybe a nine incoming?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd0a268f0857c13d16475b#block-68fd0a268f0857c13d16475b\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Lewis and Katya\u2019s quickstep<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cPing\u201d has been this week\u2019s word in training as partner Katya Jones encouraged actor Lewis Cope to pull up his spine and lengthen his posture. A guitar-wielding impression at the top of the routine \u2013 he\u2019s a huge Johnny Cash fan, so will have relished that \u2013 before launching into a fast, furious and playful routine, with Katya playing Johnny\u2019s second wife, June Carter Cash. Clean footwork, great synchronisation and non-stop frothy fun. Lewis is the highest scoring celebrity of the series so far but still hadn\u2019t got a 10 for a ballroom number. Just saying. Air riff to finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Song: Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. The Man In Black\u2019s 1963 hit was co-written by his later wife June, who was inspired by seeing the line \u201cLove is like a burning ring of fire\u201d underlined in ha book of Elizabethan poetry owned by her uncle. It had a resurgence in popularity after appearing in a 1993 Levi\u2019s ad.<\/p>\n<p>Katya Jones and Lewis Cope. Photograph: Guy Levy\/BBC\/PA<a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd09658f0837a8ea393694#block-68fd09658f0837a8ea393694\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A fleeting but bittersweet mention at the top of the show for Tess and Claud\u2019s Christmas departure but they wisely didn\u2019t dwell and kept the focus on tonight\u2019s show. Plenty of time for that later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd091b8f0837a8ea393692#block-68fd091b8f0837a8ea393692\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Our Strictly stars\u2122<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Our couples come out for a welcome wave and it\u2019s a veritable fancy dress party! Stetsons! Wigs! Purple suits! Stick-on ponytails! Military caps! Bacofoil trousers!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd08f88f08e0ae8c400ff6#block-68fd08f88f08e0ae8c400ff6\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Paddle-raising panel in the house<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The judges make their big entrance. Fancy dress for them too. Craig Revel Horwood is John Lennon, Motsi Mabuse is Grace, Shirley Ballas is Elvis Presley and Anton Du Beke is David Bowie. Although somehow he always ends up looking like Claudia\u2019s Auntie Joan at Christmas. Don\u2019t go changing, Claud.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd08918f08e0ae8c400ff2#block-68fd08918f08e0ae8c400ff2\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Frockwatch<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Our hosts arrive after a big week \u2013 no more taking them for granted, let\u2019s appreciate them while we can \u2013 so let\u2019s do our weekly frock-off. Tess Daly is in a halterneck blue satin dress. Claudia Winkleman is white silk shirt and black dress. A rare win for Tess?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd08438f0837a8ea393686#block-68fd08438f0837a8ea393686\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>Cue clapalong credits<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Four male celebs have left us so far. Thomas Skinner, Ross King and Chris Robshaw were knocked out, then Stefan Dennis was stretchered off. Who\u2019s next?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd08118f0837a8ea393680#block-68fd08118f0837a8ea393680\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a>And we\u2019re off!<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Roll the usual scene-setting montage with the Icons theme being flogged already.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Strictly Come Dancing: week five \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/live\/2025\/oct\/25\/strictly-come-dancing-week-five-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68fd07d68f0857c13d164743#block-68fd07d68f0857c13d164743\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Judges\u2019 scores: 7, 7,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-97684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}