Wright-Phillips eliminated as Strictly announces triple dance-off

Shaun Wright-Phillips and professional partner Alexis Warr were eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing after losing a dance-off to Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu, as the BBC competition announced a triple dance-off for its Halloween episode. The decision came during Sunday’s results show, following Saturday’s performances. Wright-Phillips and Warr repeated their jive to Faith, while Winstone and Gu performed their foxtrot to Man I Need again. Judges Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse voted to save Winstone and Gu. Head judge Shirley Ballas backed Wright-Phillips and Warr, leaving Anton Du Beke with the deciding vote. He chose to keep Winstone and Gu in the competition. Winstone and Gu had been among the couples in danger after the public vote, despite scoring 25 points on Saturday. The Halloween episode will introduce the show’s first triple dance-off: the three couples with the lowest combined judges’ scores and public votes will perform again, and the judges will eliminate one pair. The competition is then set to return to two-couple dance-offs for the rest of the series. Saturday’s leaderboard was topped by Tabby Stoecker and professional partner Mark Karmalita, whose total...