The newsreader made light of the tweet while joking about singer Peter Andre (who once burst into tears while being interviewed by her) as he was voted out of BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. The dancers were awarded points from one to seven, one being the lowest score and seven the highest, which was added to their judge’s score to create their overall leader board points.
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He left the contest after a dance off with EastEnders star Kellie Bright and did seem pretty sad to be booted off.
Determined to stay in the competition the dad-of-three threw himself into the american smooth which they performed to the Sweetest Feeling by Jackie Wilson. If you haven’t started your Christmas shopping yet, consider this a first notification that you should probably get on with it. I’ll remind you again next week.
After both couples had danced a second time the Judges delivered their verdicts.
As Bruno agreed with Darcey and Craig, Kellie and Kevin were safely through to next week. Like I said before there’s no shame in leaving. He worked so hard in rehearsals, we had ups and downs and pushed through them.
Call The Midwife’s Helen George is now top of the leaderboard with 46 points, after scoring the maximum seven points for the Quickstepathon and impressing with her Viennese waltz.
Earlier, he defended the BBC One dance contest following claims by axed rival Jamelia that producers had edited the show to make Andre look more popular.
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Six couples will compete in next weekend’s quarter-final, with The Wanted singer Jay McGuiness favourite to win the competition.
