Hoofing halfway mark next weekend
Thanks for watching along with me, televisual trick-or-treaters. Our nine surviving pairs now progress to the seventh live show, a non-themed week which marks the midway point of the competition.
It airs next Saturday at 7.05pm on BBC1. Meet you back here to pore over all the sequin-spangled action.
In the meantime, please write it on a Post-It and stick it to your fridge door: keeeeeeep dancing! Goodnight, gang.
And finally, some fond tributes to Zara McDermott from the glitterati below the line.
emilyscatnaps says: “Fare thee well Zara my darling. At least you’ll be going out on very definitely your best dance. I thought you were so much better this week, well done for giving it your all xx”.
acanthe says: “Aww, poor Zara, it’s so hard to be dignified when you’re crying and your whole face is like an exaggerated toothy smile. I always think it’s particularly difficult to go out when you’re in an awful costume.”
Last word goes to Canterbury345: “Ooh! A lift in the final dance, go Zara! Such a sweet young lady, do hope she cherishes lovely memories from her time in Strictly. A lesson to us all. Even if things don’t come easy to us, we can pull the joy from everything we put our heart into.”
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