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Cach Mercer has topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard a week after narrowly avoiding elimination.
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Mercer → top → elimination
After both couples danced, judge Anton Du Beke chose to save Mercer and Ingoldsby, while fellow judges Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood voted to save Antonia and Xu.
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Mabuse → dance → Antonia
Head judge Shirley Ballas had the deciding vote and saved Mercer and Ingoldsby.
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Ballas → have → Mercer
Mercer is now sitting at the top of the scoreboard after the latest episode of the BBC series.
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Mercer → sit → series
On Saturday night’s episode, he performed a Charleston to Blame It On The Boogie by The Jacksons.
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he → perform → Jacksons
After Ballas and Mabuse gave standing ovations, the latter also declared it was “the dance of the season”.
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it → give → season
Along with Du Beke, those three judges awarded Mercer and his partner a score of 10 for their dance, while Revel Horwood – who called their dance “amazing” – gave them nine.
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who → award → nine
During the live show, she also revealed that her partner had been taken to hospital.
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partner → reveal → hospital
When giving feedback, Mabuse said: “Dancing with a partner always needs a connection and time to get used to somebody and to get a partner at the last partner at the last minute, a beautiful partner and one of the best I must say, to actually have that energy between the two of you and atmosphere and balance and musicality at the last minute – I rate you so highly for that.”
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I → give → that
Du Beke added that their dance was “beautiful to watch”, while Revel Horwood called it “superb”.
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Horwood → add → it
Speaking about stepping in to work with Goodrem, Skorjanec said: “I surprised myself a little bit.
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I → speak → myself
I’m not the quickest learner and it’s not my forte – the Argentine tango.
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it → ’m → ?
But it’s dancing with the stars, not the pros.”
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it → dance → stars
He told her: “That dance is so intimate and delicate – you did that, not me.”
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you → tell → me
They were awarded a score of 35 from the judges.
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They → award → judges
The pair performed a Charleston to I Can’t Do It Alone from Chicago, with Ballas saying the energy between them was “kinetic”.
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energy → perform → them
They were awarded 33 points.
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They → award → points
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However, when giving his feedback, Revel Horwood told Kuzmin he was “taking the mick” with his choreography – and said the routine was “littered with illegal lifts”.
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routine → read → lifts
Olympic skeleton racer Tabby Stoecker and her partner Mark Karmalita were given 30 for their Viennese waltz, with Ballas saying they were a “force to be reckoned with” in the competition.
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they → give → competition
While Hall was told by the judges his dance was littered with mistakes, Turner’s professional partner received criticisms that his routine was not actually a foxtrot.
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routine → tell → criticisms
Meanwhile Best was told his dance was “plonky” by Du Beke.
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dance → tell → Beke
The next couple will be eliminated on Sunday night’s episode, before Blackpool week is hosted next week.
Strictly Come Dancing continues Sunday at 7.15pm on BBC One.
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Dancing → eliminate → BBC
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