Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left divided as they compared Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola to former finalists following their latest performance.
The pair were back in the ballroom but it wasn't the one they have been used to performing in for the past several weeks as week nine of the BBC One dance contest was broadcast live from Blackpool's Tower Ballroom in Strictly's annual special.
And it ended up being a great night for actress Sarah and professional dancer Vito, who had earlier energetically made their way onto the sprung ballroom floor, as they finished joint top of the leaderboard with a near-perfect score of 39 points out of a possibl 40. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing spoiler leak reveals 'wrong' bott om-two in Blackpool 'shock' Their couple’s choice routine to Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue was described by judge Craig Revel Horwood as “a little too perfect”.
He told them he knew “it sounds weird”, but felt that Hadland lacked emotion, which he felt “brought you out” of the performance at moments.
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