Vicky’s intimate Tango takes top spot at Strictly’s halfway pointpublished at 20:57 GMT 8 November
Hafsa Khalil
Live reporter
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Vicky and Kai delivered a whirlwind of emotion in their passionate Tango
This week’s Strictly Come Dancing proved to be a hit for Vicky Pattison, who bagged the best score of the night for her Tango and – as the judges say – her best dance so far.
With a score of 39 she narrowly missed out on a perfect score but overtook Amber Davies’ fiery Samba which earned 38 points.
EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal got a standing ovation for her Couple’s Choice dance, the Bhangra. YouTuber George Clarke was praised by Shirley for having “some of the best footwork” she’d seen in a Waltz.
Last week’s perfect-scorer Lewis Cope performed an energetic Cha Cha Cha and came in joint third place alongside Lioness Karen Carney on 35 points.
At the other end of the leaderboard, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Alex Kingston both impressed the judges to earn 30 points – but were reminded that the devil is in the details.
Coming in bottom of the leaderboard this week is La Voix. However, Motsi paid her perhaps the nicest compliment of the night: “You bring sunshine to the ballroom.”
We’re now ending our live coverage, but the results will be announced tomorrow night at 19.15 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Thanks for joining us and, as always, keeeeeep dancing!
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Lewis Cope and Katya Jones were last week’s high scorers
