Another pair have been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)
Former Olympic hockey player Sam Quek and her professional dance partner Nikita Kuzmin have been eliminated from this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing.
The pair, who scored 29 with their Icons Week American smooth to Taylor Swift’s Love Story, became the sixth celebrity couple to leave after the likes of Dr Punam Krishan and DIY SOS star Nick Knowles.
Their exit came despite reality TV star Pete Wicks and his partner Jowita Przystal scoring just 22 with their performance to Another One Bites The Dust by Queen on Saturday.
Sam and Nikita were defeated in the dance-off by former Olympian and Gladiator Montell Douglas and her dance partner Johannes Radebe, who scored 35 in Saturday’s live show for their waltz to I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston.
All four judges agreed unanimously to save Montell and Johannes.
Sam Quek became the sixth celebrity eliminated (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)
Sam thanked her pro partner Nikita Kuzmin for helping her find ‘that inner Sam’ (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)
Speaking about her time on the show, Sam said: ‘I’m gutted, I just want to say thank you. I’ve learned so much. Strictly has just brought that spring in my step back.
‘It’s just been an absolute joy. Nikita, you’ve been key in helping me find that inner Sam that was there, who went a little bit quiet for maybe one or two years and has just come back.
‘I’m gutted because I do feel like I still have more to give.’
The Olympian said she was ‘gutted’ to go (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe were also in the bottom two (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)
Celebrity Big Brother star Nikita added: ‘I’m just in awe of this girl. Sometimes they say it’s about the journey, not the destination, but to me it’s about the company. Sam you are the most wonderful company I could have had.’
The 36-year-old went on to describe her partnership with her professional partner as ‘magical’.
It comes after JLS singer JB Gill and stand-in professional partner Lauren Oakley scored the joint highest of this year’s series on Saturday’s live show, with 39 for their Bruno Mars medley, as Amy Dowden watched on from the studio due to illness.
JB Gill danced with Lauren Oakley, and was joint at the top (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)
Amy Dowden was forced to skip this week after being hospitalised last Saturday (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)
The Welsh professional dancer, who is normally JB’s partner, missed last Sunday’s results programme after being taken to Barnet Hospital from the BBC One show’s production centre, Elstree Studios, as a ‘precaution’ after she began ‘feeling unwell’.
Speaking during Saturday’s show, Amy tearfully said: ‘It’s been a real dream team, even to the point where Lauren put in our chat, “J, do you want a coffee?” To which I replied: “Yes, you’ll have a vanilla latte”.’
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Source:: Metro
