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EastEnders actress Lacey Turner praised for ‘best dance of night’ on Strictly

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Feric, C. (2026, October 31). EastEnders actress Lacey Turner praised for ‘best dance of night’ on Strictly. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/lacey-turner-motsi-mabuse-tinie-tempah-cheryl-charleston-b1303104.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-31 · by Carla Feric

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Lacey Turner, known for her role in EastEnders, was praised for her performance on Strictly Come Dancing, with Anton Du Beke calling it the "best dance of the night." Meanwhile, Dani Dyer also received high acclaim from judges Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke for her Viennese waltz, earning 32 points. The article highlights several other performances and scores, emphasizing the competitive nature and elaborate costumes used by contestants throughout the episode.
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📰 Lacey Turner Praised For Strictly Dance
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🔮 They are tied on 32 points with Will Best and Dianne Buswell, who performed their Couple’s Choice dance to Nu Flow by Big Brovaz.
🔮 Former This Morning presenter Willoughby showed off a ghoulish look featuring red eyes and a bonnet, posing in front of an elaborately decorated front door covered in skeletons, pumpkins and flowers.
🔮 Mabuse opted for a green butterfly ensemble, while Ballas wore an elaborate ice queen ensemble which Willis described as “slightly terrifying”.
🔮 Katherine Woods, director of fundraising at Action for Children, said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to receive such a generous donation from Maya Jama. “She certainly held her nerve until the very end and proved herself to be the star of the show.
🔮 Jama shared a message on X on Saturday which read: “Just donated what I would have won for my chosen charity @ActnForChildren. “Amazing cause.”
🔮 The dramatic conclusion of the hit reality gameshow saw comedian Romesh Ranganathan and actor Sebastian Croft emerge victorious as faithfuls after the players successfully banished traitors Maya Jama and King Kenny.
🔮 “I couldn’t believe that we’d got there.
🔮 The dramatic conclusion of the hit reality gameshow saw comedian Romesh Ranganathan and actor Sebastian Croft emerge victorious as faithfuls after the players successfully banished traitors Maya Jama and King Kenny.
🔮 He said his sister “would be horrified at the prospect of the auction being held in her name and that her personal, cherished possessions are being sold off to the highest bidder”. According to the BBC, Ms Bailey was in the process of divorcing her husband but was legally still married to Mr Belcher at the time of her death and did not leave a will, meaning the collection passed to him. Mr Bailey told the BBC he accepted Mr Belcher had the right to sell the items but claimed his sister was in the process of drafting a will before her death to leave the items to her nieces and nephews.
🔮 “I couldn’t have imagined a better place to begin this tour,” he wrote.
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Argentine Australian The Addams Family The Righteous Brothers Viennese

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Revel Horwood PERSON · 3× Du Beke PERSON · 2× Mabuse PERSON · 2× Viennese NORP · 2× Anton Du Beke PERSON · 1× Craig Revel Horwood PERSON · 1× Dani Dyer PERSON · 1× Hammerstein PERSON · 1× Nikita Kuzmin PERSON · 1× Rodgers PERSON · 1×

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Australian singer Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington scored 33 for their Viennese waltz to Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers while dressed as Morticia and Gomez Addams from The Addams Family. Revel Horwood called the routine “absolutely gorgeous”, and Du Beke said: “It was incredible, I loved that dance.
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🔮 They are tied on 32 points with Will Best and Dianne Buswell, who performed their Couple’s Choice dance to Nu Flow by Big Brovaz.
2026-11-01 · Evening Standard
EastEnders actress Lacey Turner praised for ‘best dance of night’ on Strictly · assertive framing

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Former Love Island winner Dani Dyer also wowed the judges with her “best dance yet” after performing a Viennese waltz with Nikita Kuzmin. asserted
Dyer → wow → Kuzmin
The pair danced to My Favourite Things by Rodgers and Hammerstein while dressed in ghoulish Victorian-style costumes, earning 32 points. Anton Du Beke called it her “best dance yet”, and Craig Revel Horwood said: “I can’t add much to that, apart from brilliant.” asserted
I → dance → that
They are tied on 32 points with Will Best and Dianne Buswell, who performed their Couple’s Choice dance to Nu Flow by Big Brovaz. asserted
who → tie → Brovaz
Australian singer Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington scored 33 for their Viennese waltz to Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers while dressed as Morticia and Gomez Addams from The Addams Family. Revel Horwood called the routine “absolutely gorgeous”, and Du Beke said: “It was incredible, I loved that dance. asserted
I → score → dance
Also scoring 33 points were Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby, who performed an Argentine tango to Pas De Deux by Michael Abels. Social media star John Nellis and Katya Jones secured second place after earning 35 points for their tango to Dance… by Slayyyter, which Mabuse described as “great” asserted
Mabuse → score → which
Saturday’s episode opened with TV dog trainer Graeme Hall and professional partner Lauren Oakley dancing the samba to Coconut by Harry Nilsson. asserted
Hall → open → Nilsson
The pair scored 25 for their routine, which Revel Horwood said “needs finessing”, leaving them joint bottom of the leaderboard with Olympic medallist Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita. asserted
Horwood → score → Stoecker
The latter couple also scored 25 for their quickstep to Black Magic by Little Mix, which head judge Shirley Ballas said “wasn’t your best”. asserted
Ballas → score → Mix
Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystal scored 26 for a tango to Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. asserted
Robb → score → Ghostbusters
The episode was filled with elaborate costumes, with Du Beke dressed as an angel and Revel Horwood looking like a devil. “The roles you were born to play,” presenter Josh Widdicombe joked at the start of the show, while his co-host Emma Willis said the judges looked “amazing”. asserted
judges → fill → show
Mabuse opted for a green butterfly ensemble, and Ballas wore an elaborate ice queen outfit which Willis described as “slightly terrifying”. asserted
Willis → opt → which
The next couple to be eliminated will be revealed during Sunday’s show, which will feature Strictly’s first triple dance-off. asserted
which → eliminate → off
Three couples will perform, with the judges voting to eliminate one pair from the competition rather than choosing which couple to save. Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Sunday at 7.10pm. asserted
Dancing → perform → 7.10pm
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