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Strictly Come Dancing‘s third live show of the series hit BBC One on Saturday evening, with the 15 couples set face the first public vote of the series.
After giving it their all on the dancefloor last week, the celebrities once again learned a new routine as things stepped up a gear in week three thanks to the Movie Week special.
Fresh from their success last week, Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu performed a Waltz to One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story.
Strictly Come Dancing 2022: Fresh from their success last week, Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu performed a Waltz to One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story
And the couple were once again thrilled with their scores as they bagged an impressive 34 out of 40 points.
Molly and Carlos took to the dancefloor in glamorous ensembles, with Shirley calling them ‘a partnership made in heavy’.
The other judges were in agreement, with Anton Du Beke telling Molly: ‘you are beautiful to watch dance’.
Emotional: Molly and Carlos took to the dancefloor in glamorous ensembles, with Shirley calling them ‘a partnership made in heavy’
Performer: The couple were once again thrilled with their scores as they bagged an impressive 34 out of 40 points
Richie and Giovanni, who places second on the leaderboard last week, danced the Samba to Hakuna Matata from The Lion King.
The pair took to the dance floor in animal costumes as they played the iconic Pumbaa the waterhog and Timon the meerkat.
Bagging 27 out of 40 points, the performance was dubbed ‘one of your best numbers so far’ from Shirley Bassey.
The pair put on a united front during the show and appeared to brush off recent rumours of a fued behind the scenes – following reports that they ‘haven’t clicked’ off camera.
Craig Revel Horwood didn’t appear as impressed as Shirley as he claimed the steps ‘needed more bounce’ but he ‘loved the characterisation’.
Funny: Richie and Giovanni, who places second on the leaderboard last week, danced the Samba to Hakuna Matata from The Lion King
Bold: The pair took to the dance floor in animal costumes as they played the iconic Pumbaa the waterhog and Timon the meerkat
Kym Marsh and her partner Graziano Di Prima took on the Charleston to If My Friends Could See Me Now from the movie Sweet Charity.
Bagging their highest score yet, 33 out of 40, Craig dubbed it her ‘best dance yet’ with Shirley agreeing and claiming it could be the best dance of the series.
Kym and Graziano appeared thrilled with her score, as he picked her up and soun her around – after the star expressed her fears over the spinning nature of the dance earlier this week, due to her vertigo.
She previously explained: ‘Well, you see I have got visual vertigo. I had an ear problem about six years ago and it left me with visual vertigo, so basically even moving lights make me feel weird.
Before she took to the dancefloor, her daughter who was in the audience said: ‘Watching her confidence grow, she struggled for the first two weeks nerve wise and getting to grips with everything but this week she text me saying she’s enjoying it. We are so proud, she’s going to smash it.’
Beaming: Kym Marsh and her partner Graziano Di Prima took on the Charleston to If My Friends Could See Me Now from the movie Sweet Charity
Proud: Bagging their highest score yet, 33 out of 40, Craig dubbed it her ‘best dance yet’ with Shirley agreeing
Next up was Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal dancing the Rumba to the Theme from Jurassic Park.
The cameraman, who explained he ‘enjoyed the Rumba’, and his professional partner bagged 25 out if 40 points this week.
Craig once again expressed his touch criticism and ‘thought it was too placed and it needed more expression’ as ‘it was a bit dull’.
Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe took to the dancefloor and performed the Cha Cha Cha to The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) from Mermaids.
The pair scored 21 out of 40 points putting them on the lower end of the leaderboard – with Craig telling the pair it ‘looked stompy’.
Anton thought there was a lot to like but there is a ‘fundamental down-below flaw’.
Up next were Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova, who found themselves in the dance off last week, but dance the Viennese Waltz to Hold My Hand from Top Gun.
Anton recognised Matt’s improvement from last week as he thought it was a ‘huge improvement but a bit loose in the frame’.
The pair bagged 21 out of 40 points, which they didn’t seem thrilled about compared to 22 points last week.
The show kicked off with a sensational group performance from the professional dancers to the viral song We Don’t Talk About Bruno.
With a plethora of movie themes to choose from throughout the years, this week’s songs were a mixed bag with film soundtracks from the likes of The Full Monty and Top Gun to Dirty Dancing and The Little Mermaid!
Following their incredible debut performance in week one, Will Mellor and Nancy Xu hoped to impress once again with their American Smooth to Cry To Me from Dirty Dancing.
With fellow high scorers Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal turning up the heat with a sizzling Rumba to the Theme from Jurassic Park.
Elsewhere, Tony Adams was no doubt hoping to score big with his and Katya Jones’ Samba to You Sexy Thing from The Full Monty.
While Matt Goss strived to land higher on the leaderboard with his and Nadiya Bychkova’s Viennese Waltz to Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick.
Nice job! topping the leaderboard was Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu- who scored an impressive 34 points out of 40 with their Quickstep performance as they closed the show
Last week’s show saw Molly and Carlos top the leaderboard with an impressive score of 34 points out of 40 with their Quickstep performance as they closed the show.
The duo took to the dancefloor in bright pastel coloured suits as they danced a Quickstep to a cover of Beyonce’s Love on Top – which Molly admitted was her ‘favourite song’.
Second on the leaderboard was Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice, as they took to the dancefloor with a Quickstep dance.
Uh oh: It was a three-way split at the bottom of the leaderboard, with Tony Adams (pictured with Katya Jones), Kaye Adams and Matt Goss all only managing to bag 22 points out of 40
Bagging 32 out of 40 points, just two below Molly, the performance was dubbed ‘absolutely beautiful’ by judge Motsi Mabuse.
Meanwhile, Fleur East got emotional following her performance, shedding a tear as she admitted emotions had ‘built up’ throughout the week’.
Elsewhere, it was a three-way split at the bottom of the leaderboard, with Tony Adams, Kaye Adams and Matt Goss all only managing to bag 22 points out of 40.
However, in the end it was Kaye Adams who became the first contestant to be eliminated from the series.
The Loose Women star and her pro partner Kai Widdrington failed to impress with their Charleston to Music! Music! Music! by Dorothy Provine.
Farewell: The first Results Show of the series saw Kaye Adams become the first contestant to be eliminated from the series
The couple faced singer Matt Goss and his partner Nadiya Bychkova in the dance-off, with the broadcaster ultimately given her marching orders.
Speaking after three of the four judges opted to vote her out, Kaye admitted it was the ‘right result’.
With another star set to lose their place on the show this week, the pressure will be on as the remaining contestants try to make it through to Week Four’s BBC Centenary special.
Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One at 7:15pm on Sunday – when one couple will be eliminated from the contest for the first time this season.
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