Robshaw eliminated as Daly and Winkleman announce Strictly departure

Former England rugby captain Chris Robshaw was eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday after losing a danceoff, as the BBC ballroom hit a week of notable developments that also included the surprise announcement that longrunning cohosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will leave the show at the end of the current series. Robshaw and his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova were voted off after a tie in the judges verdict on the results show, which took place following Saturday night’s live performances in London.

Robshaw and Bychkova danced a salsa to Ricky Martin’s Maria and had scored 24 on Saturday, placing them near the bottom of the leaderboard. They went into the danceoff against EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, who performed a paso doble to Diablo Rojo. Judges Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas voted to save Robshaw, while Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood voted to save Sopal. Under a change to the format this series that rotates the casting vote among the four judges, Revel Horwood held the deciding vote and opted to save Sopal, meaning Robshaw became the third celebrity eliminated from the 2025 series.

Robshaw, 39, thanked the show for...