{"id":136830,"date":"2025-11-15T19:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/136830\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T19:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:45:08","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-week-eight-watch-live-amber-davies-leads-the-board-with-most-dramatic-paso-doble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/136830\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing week eight watch live: Amber Davies leads the board with &#8216;most dramatic&#8217; Paso Doble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex&#8217;s Waltz spins her way into judges&#8217; heartspublished at 19:07 GMT<\/p>\n<p>19:07 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/efc4785b-e209-4310-bc20-65148f0cfca4.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Adam Goldsmith<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strictly Come Dancing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/c711b7df-80ff-4b7f-8181-393b2a581f4d.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1117\" height=\"628\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Actor Alex Kingston and partner Johannes Radebe are next to grace the ballroom floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There were tears at the end of last week&#8217;s performance, but the pair will be hoping for a more refined affair as they approach the Waltz tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There&#8217;s an early flourish from Alex as the pair tiptoe through their routine, and it certainly looks very neat and tidy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Perhaps preparing for the Blackpool teacups next week, the actor even goes through a cycle of more than five spins &#8211; all without a trace of motion sickness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It felt lovely,&#8221; Alex tells Tess, as Shirley confirms she looked &#8220;much more comfortable this week&#8221; without any footwork errors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Craig is on to the celebrity&#8217;s arms though, asking for &#8220;a little more float&#8221; before appreciating the pair&#8217;s &#8220;clean footwork&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really loving this partnership,&#8221; he adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Let&#8217;s see if that&#8217;s reflected in the scores: <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Craig: 8<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Motsi: 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shirley: 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anton: 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Total: 35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex&#8217;s Waltz spins her way into judges&#8217; heartspublished at 19:07 GMT 19:07 GMT Adam GoldsmithLive reporter Actor Alex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-136830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}