Strictly Come Dancing LIVE: Halloween week sees celebs transform as Anton and Craig’s costumes steal the show
The annual Spooktacular is back and the remaining 11 pairs will be hoping their dancing doesn’t frighten the judges
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It’s fright night in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom, which means the remaining 11 contestants are showing off terrifying transformations as they fight for a place in next week’s competition.
With Halloween Week performances inspired by The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this year, each couple is aiming aim to dazzle with their ghoulish routines – and hopefully not frighten the judges too much.
JLS singer JB Gill and Amy Dowden, who were in the dance-off last week, are dancing a Foxtrot to “Dancing In The Moonlight” by Toploader while comedian Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell are performing a Samba to “Stayin Alive’” by The Bee Gees. Find the full list of songs and dances below.
Contestants are hoping to avoid following in the footsteps of Paul Merson, who was the fourth celebrity contestant to be eliminated last week, joining unsuccessful celebrities Nick Knowles, Toyah Willcox and Tom Dean.
Follow along with our live coverage as Strictly Come Dancing airs on BBC One.
Wynne’s scores are in...
A 7 from Craig and 8s from the other judges give the Welsh opera singer a total of 31.
Wynne gets in on the lift action
With their recent controversy well and truly behind them, Wynne and Katya have levelled their dancing up by introducing lifts this week — and poor Wynne’s fear was evident on his face as they kicked off with a string of stunts.
He never looked entirely comfortable and confident as he flung Katya in the air though, which made it a little nerve-wracking to watch.
Punam’s scores are in...
And it’s her second-highest score yet! Going along the panel, she received 6, 7, 6 and 7, giving her a total of 26.
Punam pulls off a Tango
Sorry but this is fast becoming a wig blog. Punam looks fabulous as a ghost pirate but Gorka’s wig is just beautiful isn’t it?
Dancing wise, it was a decent effort from the GP and she did look more confident than in recent weeks.
“It was all a bit floppy,” Anton said. “I want you to make it to the next level... your dancing is so good underneath and you have so much to offer. It’s all there, you’ve got nothing to be frightened off. You could be absolutely super.”
“I did see a big improvement this week,” said Motsi.
Montell’s scores are in...
Having finished joint top of the leaderboard last week, Montell has landed another solid score.
Every judge (apart from Anton!) has scored her with a 9. Anton’s 8 brings Montell’s total to 35.
Johannes’s wig steals the show
Montell’s Cha Cha wasn’t bad at all but quite frankly, I couldn’t stop staring at Johannes’s wig. The wardrobe, hair and make-up teams really have outdone themselves this year.
Wait — has Carlos Gu won Halloween?
Sorry but I think I was wrong to say Craig and Anton had the best costumes. Why? Carlos has dressed as Claudia. Sensational.
Pete’s scores are in...
He’s landed a total of 31 with 8s from every judge apart from Craig — which is Pete’s highest score yet.
Giving feedback, the judges heaped praise on the former TOWIE star’s progress so far.
“When you play this back, you’re going to be very, very proud of yourself, like I am,” said Shirley, before Anton labelled the dance Pete’s best so far this series.
Craig brought Pete back to earth a little, but even he had praise.
”It was slightly behind the beat,” he said. “The characterisation was absolutely formidable. You have grown brilliantly.”
Pete improves again
With Paul and Nick gone, Pete is undeniably one of the weaker contenders left in the competition — but he has impressed with ballroom before, and his Waltz tonight was a genuinely promising performance.
I can’t lie, I enjoyed this more than I did Joker 2.
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