Strictly Come Dancing's Halloween special: leaderboard, and week 6 elimination results
We've been loving all of the dancers on this year's Strictly Come Dancing and we've reached another milestone in this year's competition: Halloween Week!
The annual spooktacular was filled with plenty of hair-raising performances and ghoulish moves. Scroll down to find out what tunes our celebs danced to. Plus, follow along with HELLO! to see how each star scored and where they ended up on the leaderboard…
Who is dancing what?
As is expected with the Halloween special, the songs took on a scarier twist than normal. On Saturday, we saw two sambas, one from fan favourite Chris McCausland and the other from standout dancer Tasha Ghouri. Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees and I Like To Move It by Reel 2 Reel served as their respective soundtracks.
Meanwhile, Jamie Borthwick and Montell Douglas, who both topped the leaderboard last week, took on an American smooth and a cha-cha-cha. Jamie danced to The Addams Family Theme, while Montell grooved to Love Potion No. 9 by The Clovers.
Last week's dance-off survivor JB Gill had a foxtrot set to Toploader's Dancing in the Moonlight, while Pete Wicks danced to Frank Sinatra's That's Life with a Viennese waltz and Dr. Punam Krishan aimed to recapture the magic of her Movies Week dance with a tango to Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics.
Sam Quek took fans back in time with her jive to the Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, while Shayne Ward wowed with a paso doble to In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg. Meanwhile, Wynne Evans danced the salsa to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai.
Finally, Sarah Hadland thrived with the first Argentine tango of the series, which she performed alongside Ready or Not by Fugees.
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Leaderboard Week 6
Take a look at the current leaderboard...
Jamie Borthwick & Michelle Tsaikkas – American Smooth – 38 (9, 10, 10, 9)
Sarah Hadland & Vito Coppola – Argentine Tango – 38 (9, 10, 9, 10)
Tasha Ghouri & Aljaz Skorjanec – Samba – 37 (9, 9, 9, 10)
Montell Douglas & Johannes Radebe – Cha-Cha-Cha – 35 (9, 9, 9, 8)
JB Gill & Amy Dowden – Foxtrot – 32 (7, 9, 8, 8)
Pete Wicks & Jowita Przystal – Viennese Waltz – 31 (7, 8, 8, 8)
Sam Quek & Nikita Kuzmin – Jive – 31 (7, 8, 8, 8)
Shayne Ward & Nancy Xu – Paso Doble – 31 (8, 8, 7, 8)
Wynne Evans & Katya Jones – Salsa – 31 (7, 8, 8, 8)
Chris McCausland & Dianne Buswell – Samba – 26 (5, 7, 7, 7)
Dr Punam Krishan & Gorka Marquez – Tango – 26 (6, 7, 6, 7)
Who left in week six?
Dr Punam Krishan has become the next celebrity to leave the competition. On Sunday night, the Morning Live star and her pro partner, Gorka Marquez found themselves in the dance-off against X Factor's Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu.
Following the final results, Punam said: “I am really proud of myself. You know I’ve taken on something that’s so out of my comfort zone.
The one thing that I’ve very much learnt is to say yes more, and that there is no point in your life when you can stop learning new skills. I’ve learnt more than dancing, I’ve learnt so much from Gorka."
Who went home in week five?
Just missing out on a spot in Halloween week was footballer Paul Merson and his dance partner Karen Hauer. The pair were at the bottom of last week's leaderboard following their samba to Car Wash.
"I've loved every minute of it. I can dance now – I've won because I can dance, I couldn't dance before and I can half dance now. It's a bonus, absolute bonus," Paul, 56, said of his time on the show.
The pair went up against JB Gill and partner Amy Dowden, with the judges opting to unanimously save JB and Amy following the reprise of their dance.
