Strictly 2023 leaderboard: The scores from week five of the BBC dance competition
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Their impressive Salsa to “Quimbara” by Johnny Pacheco and Celia Cruz impressed all four judges, and saw them receive a near-perfect score of 39 – the first time a performance has received such a mark this early in the competition since 2010. Meanwhile, at the other end of the scale is comedian Eddie Kadi and his partner Karen Hauer, with 24 out of 40, with one of this year’s favourites, theatre actor and former EastEnders star Nigel Harman, receiving just 28. Here is this week’s leaderboard in full, with the individual marks from judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke: Layton and Nikita: 39 Ellie and Vito: 37 Angela Rippon and Kai: 34 Bobby and Dianne: 32 Adam and Luba: 32 Krishnan and Lauren: 30 Nigel and Katya: 29 Angela Scanlon and Kai: 28 Zara and Graziano: 28 Annabel and Johannes: 27 Eddie and Karen: 24 Amanda and Giovanni: N/A – missed the show due to illness Find out which celebrity was eliminated from Sunday night’s results show here.