It was an emotional night as the final couple to leave Strictly Come Dancing made a sad exit with just a week to go until the final.
Saturday night's semi-final saw epic routines, standing ovations and plenty of tears with only three couples getting to go through for one last chance at lifting the Glitterball trophy.
After performing two dances each, it was Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin who were top of the leaderboard with 116 out of a possible 120 after the judges' points were carried over from last week and achieving two perfect 40 scores - the only couple to get all 10s from the judges this series.
They were closely followed by Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola who achieved a just-as-impressive score of 111 out of 120. Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell finished with 107 while Annabel Croft and Johannes didn't quite break the 100 mark with a total of 98 out of 120.
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