Hasselbaink Out as Davies Wins Strictly Icons Week Dance-Off

Former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday after losing a surprise danceoff against Amber Davies during Icons Week, the BBC ballroom show’s fifth live round. The results show, broadcast on October 26, followed Saturday night’s themed performances that paid tribute to music icons and produced a tightly packed leaderboard judged by Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.

Saturday’s judges’ scores placed Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope top with 34 points for a quickstep to Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire. Davies and partner Nikita Kuzmin scored 33 for a Cha Cha Cha to Ariana Grande’s Break Free and were joint second with Vicky Pattison. Hasselbaink and Lauren Oakley received a personal best 30 for an American Smooth to Prince’s Purple Rain. At the bottom was YouTuber George Clarke on 27, with four couples tied on 28, including EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal and drag performer La Voix.

When judges’ marks were combined with the public vote, Hasselbaink and Davies emerged as the bottom two and reprised their routines in the danceoff. Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas voted to save...