Lawrence Robb eliminated after Strictly triple dance-off

Lawrence Robb and professional partner Jowita Przystal were eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing after the programme’s first three-couple dance-off, in which three judges voted to remove them. The pair faced Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu, and Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu, after the three couples received the lowest combined judges’ scores and public votes during the Halloween week show. Each performed their routine again before the judges decided whom to eliminate, reversing the usual format in which judges choose which of two couples to save. Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood all voted against Robb and Przystal. Judge Motsi Mabuse did not need to cast a vote, but said she would also have chosen to eliminate them if her vote had been required. The couples’ original Halloween routines received 30 points for Antonia and Xu’s jive, 27 for Winstone and Gu’s salsa, and 26 for Robb and Przystal’s tango. Their tango was performed to the Ghostbusters theme. The scores placed Robb and Przystal below the other two couples in the dance-off. The result made Robb and Przystal the fifth couple to leave the 2026 competition. Ten couples remain, according to the programme...