Strictly Come Dancing: week 10 results – as it happened

Ellie and Johannes take to the floor for their final dance, to ‘World Of Our Own’ by Westlife, and that’s Week 10 done and dusted (with Ellie’s skirt). Next week it’s the quarter-final and also MUSICALS WEEK, which is a lot like Movie Week but with extra hats.

Thank you for joining in and being amazing – don’t forget to join me at the new and random time of 8pm on FRIDAY, because of football scheduling shenanigans. Am I happy about this? No. Can I do anything about it? Also no. See you then!

Ellie and Johannes say lovely things about each other, and it’s clear this has become a pretty special partnership. Ellie describes Johannes as ‘human sunshine’, which is pretty much perfect.

Goodness, bit dusty in here.

All the judges save Fleur and Vito, including Shirley, based on the quality of Fleur’s technique. At the end of a mad week, sanity finally prevailed. Not that I won’t miss Ellie and Johannes – they’ve been SO much fun to watch. But if you’re going to go, might as well be on a Thelma & Louise themed Jive.

Ellie and Johannes are up first. It’s a fun and joyful Jive and I LOVE this partnership, but the technique isn’t there for Week 10.

And now time to revisit Fleur and Vito’s Rumba. I loved this – the technique wasn’t perfect, but we’ve already seen that from Molly and Carlos. Instead it had filth, which is a perfectly acceptable Rumba alternative IMHO.

I love that they’ve binned off the chat with the judges to fit the 30-minute slot, but still had time for a trailer for Claudia’s new game show. The SHADE.

Well, that’s a farewell to Ellie, surely? Fleur is the superior dancer, so unless she really fudges this up I can’t the judges sending her home.

Also worth noting that the public has saved both Helen and Molly over Fleur. It’s going to make next week really interesting, particularly with Kym back in the mix, because (assuming Ellie goes) the remaining six are all pretty evenly matched now.

So who is joining Fleur and Vito in the dance off? Helen and Gorka are safe, along with Molly and Carlos.

Which means ELLIE AND JOHANNES in the dance-off.

Please hold while Strictly takes the opportunity to plug Claudia’s new show, The Traitors. It starts on Tuesday at 9.30pm, which is way past my bedtime.

Time for a musical interlude, courtesy of Tom Grennan performing his hit song ‘Lionheart’ with Joel Corry. Strictly has gone big on the uplifting bops this evening, and I’m definitely not complaining. If we can make it to Christmas without Ball and Boe or Andre Rieu and his Disney princess orchestra, that will feel like a win.

Dance-wise, it’s Vito and Karen, which is a coupling we never knew we needed.

So who is safely through to MUSICALS WEEK? Will and Nancy are safe, along with Hamza and Jowita.

First couple in the bottom two: FLEUR AND VITO. Eek, I pity whoever is up against them. If it’s Molly, that’s going to be one heck of a dance-off.

Tess’s and Claudia’s flares are both VAST. You could hide Gorka and Cameron up there.

Last night on Strictly: The post-Blackpool comedown. Highlights: The brevity of the whole affair, the snack table (thanks Helen, Matt, Newton and Adia), Motsi’s Bagpuss cosplay.

Lowlights: Vertigo CGI, mad judging, chaotic scoring, Tess dressed as an executive sieve.

Joy’s Judgement (aka what my mum thought): so many opinions, the message began with ‘WELL, I’m glad you asked.’

Basically not happy with Shirley and Motsi – Hamza didn’t deserve tens, but Molly was given a rough ride and so was Helen (including by ‘bitchy Craig’). Kind of wish I’d started this feature ten weeks ago, if I’m honest.