Strictly Come Dancing’s Will Best in tears as he’s eliminated after brutal shock result

0Will Best and Dianne Buswell faced Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu in the dance off -Credit:CREDIT LINE:BBC/Guy Levy (CREDIT LINE:BBC/Guy Levy)Will Best and Dianne Buswell have narrowly missed out on Blackpool week on Strictly Come Dancing after being eliminated tonight.

The Big Brother presenter, 41, and his professional dance partner, 37, repeated their paso doble to Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat on Sunday's results show after scoring 27 on Saturday's live show.

And the majority of judges opted to save Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu, who have been regulars in the dance-off during this series. On Saturday night, they had been third on the leaderboard after the judges gave their Charleston to I Can't Do It Alone by Catherine Zeta-Jones a score of 33.

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Giving her verdict tonight, Motsi Mabuse said: "That was a really, really tough decision. Both couples danced better than Saturday night. I enjoyed both dances, both couples made mistakes. I'm saving Jamie and Carlos."

"Well, there was an improvement from Saturday night on both couples. And I thought the sheer determination and the will to want to go to Blackpool was really written on both couples' face," Shirley Ballas added, saving Jaime and Carlos.

Anton du Beke chose to save Will and Dianne, adding: "It's one against one and this would have been a different result if both routines were clean, but one couple made quite a large error just in front of me here. And my criteria is that you must be clean. And based on that, I'm going to be sending through to Blackpool next week, Will and Dianne."

Craig had the deciding vote and said: "I think this couple danced technically the best and provided a really good sense of direction and performance within it. And that couple I would like to see go to Blackpool: Jamie and Carlos."

Will became a father to Sonny in October, his first child with fiancée Tobi Rose. He said on his exit tonight: "This has been the best thing I've ever done in my life – except having a baby. Having a baby, obviously, is the best. This is win-win because I've got a new baby boy, so I can go and hang out with him now. It's pretty special, but thank you."

Dianne added: "The reason I'm crying as well is because it could have been very hard for me to come and do this show, being a new mum and leaving my little boy. And you made it so easy. You made it the best time ever. I could not have asked for a more wonderful person to partner me. You moved house, you had a baby, you were doing another TV show, but every single day you came into the studio, you gave me 150%, and you made me feel just so comfortable. We had the best laughs."

Speaking to the Mirror about juggling fatherhood and the show earlier this month, he was relaxed about how far he went in the competition and said: “I do think before we dance every Saturday, I do just get a little mental image of Sonny and Tobi, my fiancé, watching. Because he lies in front of the iPad.

"I mean, he's usually facing the wrong way and you can only see about three inches in front of his face. It's blurry. Or he's feeding. But, you know, he's there. I think it just reminds me that this competition it is supposed to be fun.

“It is a competition, but it's also, more importantly, a fun entertainment show where we're just trying to have a good time and entertain people. I try and remember that, and I just think whatever happens, whether I do really well or I fall flat on my face, either one will be fun for Sonny to watch in a few years' time. So it feels kind of win-win.”

The professional dancers performed a romantasy-inspired group number on Sunday's results show, which featured the voice of The Traitors US host Alan Cumming. Celebrity Traitors winner Sebastian "Bash" Croft performed his new single, Everything Always Now, accompanied by a routine from dancers Julian Caillon and Jowita Przystal.

Best has presented shows for Channel 4, ITV and the BBC and in 2023 began co-hosting the ITV revival of Big Brother alongside AJ Odudu, herself a Strictly contestant in 2021. They hosted a Celebrity Big Brother spin-off in 2024.

Strictly Come Dancing continues with is Blackpool Tower Ballroom special next weekend on Saturday at 6.35pm on BBC One.

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