We’re now six weeks into 2020’s StrictlyCome Dancing and Saturday’s show started to look a little bare as the remaining seven celebrities taking to the dance floor.

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Judge Motsi Mabuse returned from her two weeks in isolation just in time to see HRVY shoot back up to the top of the leaderboard with full marks for his impressive Couple’s Choice performance with partner Karen Hauer.

He was closely trailed by Maisie Smith and Gorka Marquez who once again dazzled the judges with a beautiful quickstep, ending up with a near-perfect score of 29.

At the other end of the leaderboard sat Clara Amfo and Aljaz Skorjanec who were given just 19 points thanks to a series of noticeable mistakes in their jive. Bill Bailey, Ranvir Singh and Jamie Laing each earned a score of 24.

The public decided it was Clara and Jamie who would face each other in the dance off and fight for their place in the competition.

After both celebs performed their dances again, the judges made different decisions on who should stay for the first time this series.

Deciding to back Clara and Aljaz, Craig Revel Horwood said: “My goodness it’s a really difficult one, both couples I thought were absolutely incredible and danced with so much passion and love.”

Motsi, on the other hand, chose to save Jamie and Karen and declared it the “toughest decisions I’ve ever had to make”. “based on that dance off only I saw one couple that did their choreography and had all the steps correct and I saw another couple who had a mistake in the steps and in the timing,” she added.

The final decision came down to head judge Shirley Ballas, who saved Jamie and Karen. “Well this is a very difficult series, I mean every couple is outstanding and I felt on this occasion that both couples totally lifted their game, but there was one couple they just convinced me. They had conviction from step to step, they believed in their performance and therefore I’m going to save Jamie and Karen,” she said.

Shirley’s decision marked the end of Clara’s Strictly journey. “I’ve had the best time ever, the best time ever and got a new friend for life. I’ve loved it, its one of the best things I’ve ever ever done, its been a dream come true,” she said when asked by presenter Tess Daley how she’d found her time on the show.

Aljaz also had kind words to say about his dancing parter, saying: “First I’m really gutted. All I really want to tell you is I’m so happy we got to do Lady Clamalade, the Claraston, which I’ve never done before in my life, the Clarasambafo you are a dream to be around, you’re a beautiful girl inside out, I hope that people at home got to see that. This series has been so special and its only because of you, thank you so much. I’m going to miss dancing with you.”

This week’s leaderboard

1. HRVY and Janette Manrara (10 + 10 + 10) = 30
2. Maisie Smith and Gorka Marquez (10 + 10 + 9) = 29
3. JJ Chalmers and Amy Dowden (8 + 9 + 8) = 25
4. Jamie Laing and Karen Hauer (8 + 8 + 8) = 24 Dance off
5. Ranvir Singh and Giovanni Pernice (8 + 8+ 8) = 24
6. Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse (8 + 8+ 8) = 24
7. Clara Amfo and Aljaz Skorjanec (6 + 6 + 7) = 19 Voted out

Strictly Come Dancing returns Saturday 5 December at 7:25pm, with the results show on Sunday 6 December at 7:30pm both on BBC1

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