Strictly Come Dancing latest: Tasha Ghouri and JB Gill land perfect scores as Pete Wicks divides the judges

“If I was dancing a semi-final, I would dance like you,” Motsi told Sarah. “You guys never took a break, it was power, power, power.”

Shirley said: “I liked the passionate feel that you had when you drove across the floor.”

Anton agreed that Sarah’s shoulders tend to rise up a little too much, and told her: “If I could overlook that, you would get a 10.”

All 9s across the board give Sarah a total of 36, putting her second on the leaderboard for now.

Well... who would have predicted Pete would make it this far? Certainly not the man himself, who has admitted he feels “guilt” about still being in the competition.

For the semifinals, he’s dancing an Argentine Tango and a Foxtrot. Do I think he’ll be bottom of the leadrboard? Yes. Do I think he’ll make it to the final? Honestly, who knows at this point. The viewers have clearly been loving his performances, so anything is possible.

Pete’s first dance is a Foxtrot to “Beyond the Sea” by Bobby Darin.

And while his skills are not on the same level as the other semi-finalists, he looks the part and you can see he really is giving it his all. And if that’s been enough to impress viewers, then who am I to argue?

“Your topline and posture was [...] absoutely beautiful,” Anton told Pete, before adding that his leg action was a “disaster.”

Craig said: “For me, it lacked dynamic. You need to come down the stairs together, you were out of sync. It was a little bit robotic, if I dare say.

“But you know what, it was a confident performance. I love you, you know that darling, I think you have really come forward in this whole thing. You’ve given us a lot of grace and class so thank you very much.”

“You are Mr Strictly Come Dancing,” Shirley said. “You are what this show is about.”

He’s received a 7 from Craig, an 8 from Motsi, a 9 from Shirley and an 8 from Anton, for a score of 32.

Tasha’s first dance of the night scored a 35, which would be phenomenal for many of the other semi-finalists — but for Tasha, it was her lowest score since week 5.

She’s now performing a Waltz to Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and it is, of course, beautiful.

I really do hope we get to see Tasha dance again in the final, she’s scored so highly throughout the series, it would be such a shame to see her fall at the final hurdle.

Motsi has labelled the routine “out of this world sensational” and Shirley said it was “on another level”.

It’s a full house! Tasha has a very well-deserved 40.

He’s dancing a Salsa to “Red Alert” by Basement Jaxx as his second routine of the semi-final, and doing a fantastic job of bringing some energy to the ballroom.

The lifts are absolutely incredible, and the transitions into (and out of) them are slick and smooth too. JB clearly has so much fun on the dancefloor, and brings the joy every single week.

Kicking off the judging, Craig has beckoned him over and given him a handshake!

“Paul Hollywood is in, darling,” Craig quipped before shaking JB’s hand (and he’s right, Paul actually is in the audience... perhaps he’s considering whether to sign up?)

And he’s landed a 40 too! This is the third 40 of the series so far (the first two went to Tasha).

It couldn’t have been more different to his Charleston.

Set to Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters”, the routine was elegant and emotional — two things we’ve come to expect from the comedian.

He and Dianne were both overcome with emotion at the end. As they hugged Dianne could be seen crying and telling her partner: “I’m so proud of you.”