{"id":828631,"date":"2026-11-09T01:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/828631\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T01:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:56:13","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-confirms-sixth-couple-eliminated-after-tense-dance-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/828631\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing confirms sixth couple eliminated after tense dance-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/?route=modal&amp;sid=ti6ys5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-playpilot-poster-url=\"https:\/\/img-external.playpilot.tech\/63620a58ebb54434a0a332ea9f19e563?class=2by3x10&amp;optimizer=image&amp;token=aQ3k7w3XFJ6CH6jC_0iaufIkQpZxJmAWEWTz3pDlxs0&amp;expires=1825095326\" data-used-css-variables=\" --playpilot-injection-text-color --playpilot-injection-text-color-hover --playpilot-injection-font-weight --playpilot-injection-text-decoration --playpilot-injection-text-decoration-hover --playpilot-injection-background-color-hover\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/?route=modal&amp;sid=ti6ys5\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Strictly Come Dancing\" data-node-id=\"3.0.0.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe esfus100\" target=\"_blank\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> spoilers follow.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Following tonight&#8217;s (8 November) results show, Strictly viewers have bid goodbye to another couple, with Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu leaving the competition.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Finding themselves in the dreaded dance off against Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby, both couples returned to the dance floor to perform their routines again and save themselves from elimination.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"two women in sparkling dresses posing with string lights background\" title=\"strictly come dancing bethany nancy\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2200\" height=\"3299\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/171ec971-658b-4c5d-aa19-699536b19d93.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1gf7690\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"18\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a74361738\/strictly-star-michael-mcintyres-wheel-series-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a74361738\/strictly-star-michael-mcintyres-wheel-series-7\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Strictly star will join Michael McIntyre\u2019s The Wheel series 7 as new star-studded line-up is revealed\" data-node-id=\"18.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe esfus100\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly star will join Michael McIntyre\u2019s The Wheel series 7 as new star-studded line-up is revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"22\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Bethany and Nancy performed their Foxtrot to &#8216;Bleeding Love&#8217; by Leona Lewis, while Cach and Maddie performed their Waltz to &#8216;That Ain\u2019t You&#8217; by Mulaa Joans before both couples anxiously awaited the judges verdicts.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"26\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Anton Du Beke chose to save Cach and Maddie, and both Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse chose to save Bethany and Nancy, requiring Head Judge Shirley Ballas to cast the deciding vote.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"32\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">She ultimately voted to save Cach and Maddie, resulting in Bethany and Nancy would be leaving the competition<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"36\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin came in at the top of the scoreboard this week, notching 36 points for their American Smooth routing to &#8216;It Had to Be You&#8217; by Harry Connick Jr., while last weeks top-scorers, Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola, slid to the fifth position with their Rumba routing to &#8216;Yellow&#8217; by Coldplay receiving a score of 30.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"dani dyer, strictly come dancing 2026\" title=\"EMBARGOED 10.09.26 20:01 Dani Dyer, Strictly Come Dancing 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2500\" height=\"3748\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8692e2cd-6294-4b0a-a07a-5f491faf500c.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1gf7690\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"42\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a74334003\/strictly-delta-goodrem-tv-christmas-special\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a74334003\/strictly-delta-goodrem-tv-christmas-special\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Strictly&#039;s Delta Goodrem films her TV Christmas special in the UK for the first time\" data-node-id=\"42.2.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe esfus100\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly&#8217;s Delta Goodrem films her TV Christmas special in the UK for the first time<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"46\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Tonight&#8217;s results show also commemorated Remembrance Sunday with a special group performance from the Strictly Professionals, choreographed by Lizzie Gough and set to the Peter Gabriel arrangement of Heroes.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"50\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Inspired by The Monument to the Women of World War II, the performance put focus on the lives of women during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"54\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">The show also featured music from Gregory Porter, which was accompanied by a routine from Alexis Warr and Alja\u017e \u0160korjanec.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"58\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">The remaining couples will take to the dancefloor again next week at 6.30pm on Saturday 14 November, with the results show airing on Sunday 15 at 7.10pm.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"62\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/?route=modal&amp;sid=ti6ys5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-playpilot-poster-url=\"https:\/\/img-external.playpilot.tech\/63620a58ebb54434a0a332ea9f19e563?class=2by3x10&amp;optimizer=image&amp;token=aQ3k7w3XFJ6CH6jC_0iaufIkQpZxJmAWEWTz3pDlxs0&amp;expires=1825095326\" data-used-css-variables=\" --playpilot-injection-text-color --playpilot-injection-text-color-hover --playpilot-injection-font-weight --playpilot-injection-text-decoration --playpilot-injection-text-decoration-hover --playpilot-injection-background-color-hover\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/?route=modal&amp;sid=ti6ys5\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Strictly Come Dancing\" data-node-id=\"62.0.0.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe esfus100\" target=\"_blank\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> airs on BBC One and streams on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"67\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Streaming Guide\" data-node-id=\"67.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe esfus100\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streaming Guide<\/a> now to see at a glance where you can view ALL your favourite shows and movies.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"73\" class=\"css-bgkwxm esfus100\">The new edition of Legends, a 100-page celebration of the world of K-pop, is here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/living-legends-kpop\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/living-legends-kpop\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy K-Pop in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"73.3\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe esfus100\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy K-Pop in newsagents or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing spoilers follow. Following tonight&#8217;s (8 November) results show, Strictly viewers have bid goodbye to another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[147950,152714,379,271983,381,96,59,190731,1156,271982,223205,149157,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-828631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-strictly-come-dancing","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-bba03bc8-bc63-4bf2-8fcb-5bf66c0e7197","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-strictly-come-dancing-confirms-sixth-couple-eliminated","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-reality-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}