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Season 18 of Strictly Come Dancing was well and truly underway tonight as the first couple was sent home. All 12 contestants and their professional partners took to the dance floor on Saturday evening. Their scores from judges Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood were then combined with last week’s leaderboard. The celebrity who became the next casualty of the dreaded dance-off was announced during tonight's (Sunday, November 8) results show. Trending WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Strictly. In the results, it was Max George who left Strictly Come Dancing 2020 this week. Tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing 2020 results. In tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing results, the judges’ scores were combined with the results of the viewers’ votes to decide the lowest scoring two couples facing the dance off.

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Theatres across the country may still be closed thanks to coronavirus restrictions, so the pressure was on for Strictly Come Dancing to deliver on Musicals Week. And with no couples scoring under 20 points, it’s safe to say it exceeded expectations.

Pop star HRVY shot back to the top of the leaderboard, despite never having seen the musical on which his performance was based, A Chorus Line. His partner Janette Marara quickly rectified that during rehearsals and their American smooth to “One (Singular Sensation)” from the show earned them an impressive 29 points.

“We knew on week one what a fabulous talent you were, but what I celebrate is you do not sit on your talent,” judge Motsi Mabuse told the 21-year-old. “I think this was the dance of the season, the dance of the decade.”

Maisie Smith and her partner Gorka Marquez also pleased the judges – Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas and Mabuse – with their jive to “Little Shop Of Horrors” from the show of the same name. They came second in the final rankings, with a total of 28 points including a 10 from Ballas.

It was JJ Chalmers and Amy Dowden who brought up the rear with 20 points. Opening the show with a charleston to “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” from the stage production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the couple received tough criticism from the judges and eventually found themselves in the bottom two and in the dance off.

They were joined by Made In Chelsea star Jamie Laing and his professional partner Karen Hauer, whose jive to “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” from the musical of the same name landed them in joint fourth place along with Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse.

However, it was to be Chalmer’s turn to exit the series after the judges failed to save him in the dance off. Mabuse tried her best to save the Invictus Games champion, saying: “I actually think we saw two different dancing styles which both have their own qualities; both energetic, both so great at this dance off – very difficult decision. I saw a little hiccup with one dance, so I’m saving JJ and Amy.”

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But she was outvoted by Ballas, who praised Laing’s “sheer determination” and Revel Horwood, who said: “I think both couples danced to the best of their abilities and both couples upped their game considerably.”

When asked about his time in the competition, Chalmers said: “I’m unbelievably proud. I never thought I would make it this far, I’ve gotten half decent maybe at something which I had no clue about to begin with and I’ve enjoyed every second of it, it has just been an absolute blast. It’s just a privilege to be in this long. I mean this competition is insane! To be counted among that cast at this stage in particular means the world to me. It’s meant everything. It’s been an unbelievable challenge, well outside my comfort zone but I’ve had this one [Amy] to just keep me in it and I can’t quite express what she means to me.

She’s lived through so much in her own right in fairness and I know that any day she can wake up and she could be hospitalised essentially so she lives fearing she’ll let people down. But the way you’ve built me up, you could never let me down.”

Dowden was more than happy to return the compliment, adding: “It has been an absolute honour to be your partner and most importantly friend, throughout your Strictly experience. He is, and everybody would agree, one of the world’s most truest gentlemen. I honestly believe from working with JJ over the last few months I’ve become a better person and I’ve learned so much. The way he faces challenges with such strength and determination, you have helped me for the rest of my life on how to face my own personal challenges. And honestly I’m so proud of every single step you’ve performed on this floor, I just had the best time.

I didn’t think I could possibly fall in love with Strictly any more and this year my heart is just beaming full of Strictly and that’s down to absolutely everybody and I love you all.”

This week’s leaderboard

1. HRVY and Janette Manrara = (9 + 10 + 10) 29
2. Maisie Smith and Gorka Marquez = (9 + 10 + 9) 28
3. Ranvir Singh and Giovanni Pernice = (9 + 9 + 9) 27
4. Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse = (8 + 8 + 8) 24
5. Jamie Laing and Karen Hauer = (8 + 8 + 8) 24Dance off
6. JJ Chalmers and Amy Dowden = (6 + 7 + 7) 20 Voted out

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Strictly Come Dancing returns Saturday 12 December at 7pm, with the results show on Sunday 13 December at 7:30pm both on BBC1