Strictly Come Dancing bids farewell to second contestant after tearful tribute

After Ross and Balvinder went head-to-head within the dance off, the judges delivered their unanimous verdict to avoid wasting Balvinder and Julian. Craig Revel Horwood led the vote, adopted by Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke. Whereas head decide Shirley Ballas was spared from casting her vote, she stated she would have additionally chosen to avoid wasting Balvinder and Julian. 

Reflecting on his time within the competitors, a tearful Ross informed host Tess Daly: “I’ve cherished each single minute of it. I want to say thanks to everybody who has supported us, all of the individuals who voted – they have been superb. I need to thank everybody right here on this room, backstage, the judges, the crew – each single individual right here has made me so, so welcome.

And, I need to thank a really particular woman who has been with me by all of it and has been completely the whole lot: she’s been a mentor, trainer, carer…” (To which Jowita added “barista!”) “…I couldn’t have wished for a greater companion, and I couldn’t have wished to be on a greater present. Thanks judges for all of your remarks.”

Turning to Jowita, Tess then stated: “Jowita, you referred to as Ross ‘Your King,'” to which the skilled dancer replied: “And I nonetheless stand by it! Thanks a lot for all your work. For the whole lot you could have executed throughout rehearsals. We snigger quite a bit – however we additionally cried! Thanks a lot, and I hope I’ll be a bit half in your life eternally.” 

Sunday’s outcomes present additionally featured a efficiency by the skilled dancers to pay tribute to the Minecraft film, whereas Nancy Xu and Kai Widdrington delivered a showstopping dance to Lang Lang’s ‘Reflection’ from Mulan.