Strictly Come Dancing: the semi-final results – as it happened (2024)

I’ll be back next Saturday for one final spin around the Strictly dancefloor. The Grand Final is a VERY long show that kicks off at 7.15pm, so bring ample supplies.

But the big question is, who’s going to lift the Glitterball on Saturday? Feel free to join in with my annual Twitter poll, or just make your prediction in the comment box.

Thank you SO much for joining me on this wonky weekend – see you next week! Hx

Will and Nancy take to the floor for their final dance, to ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ by Simple Minds. Already deleted from the Strictly WhatsApp group, I’m afraid. Hey, I don’t make the rules.

What happened to the Strictly pro dance this evening? Wasn’t Craig supposed to be doing a turn? I need more information.

They both say lovely things about the show and the crew, but notably do NOT thank each other for being amazing or declare themselves to be friends for life. I’m choosing to read plenty into this because we’ve been hearing the same speech for twelve weeks and god knows we need new material.

Eek, this is TENSE. Craig and Motsi both save Fleur and Vito but (GASP) Anton saves Will and Nancy because Fleur did a dodgy dismount. So it’s all down to Shirley…who saves (based on the MICRO DETAILS)…FLEUR AND VITO.

I’m not sure that decision should have been QUITE that hard, but fair play to the judges for milking that moment until mastitis set in.

Fleur and Vito are up first – I didn’t think this was that great last night, but the judges didn’t agree. So very happy to watch this again – my opinion hasn’t changed, but would argue that Fleur is the stronger dancer overall.

Will and Nancy are up next – I actually weirdly enjoyed this, but I think the whole PJ & Duncan Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble vibe of it just made me laugh. Might be an age thing? Also can we take a moment to acknowledge what a great street dancer Nancy is?

So who’s joining Fleur and Vito in the bottom two? It’s…WILL AND NANCY, which means Helen and Gorka are safely through.

So it’s Fleur vs. Will in the dance-off. Fleur scored 39 for her Charleston and Will scored 38 for his Couple’s Choice, so it’s incredibly close. If Shirley gets the deciding vote, she may well decide to even up the male/female balance next week and plump for Will. WHO KNOWS.

Let the montages begin! Get used to it, everyone – there will be SCORES of them next Saturday.

I might make Strictly Standing an ongoing game next year, just for fun.

Time for some Rylan filler. Apparently It Takes Two with the evicted couple is on straight after this. I won’t be sticking around for that – it’s a school night and I’ve got to be in Bristol by 0730 tomorrow.

Time for a musical interlude, courtesy of the lovely Lewis Capaldi singing his latest single Pointless. Dance-wise, it’s Gio and Katya doing some lovely contempo-wafting in their jimjams.

So which two couples are going through to next Saturday’s GRAND FINAL? Molly and Carlos are safe (and understandably DELIGHTED), along with Hamza and Jowita.

First couple in the bottom two: FLEUR AND VITO.

Well, that’s tough for them. If she’s up against Helen, they’re probably out. But if it’s Will, they might be OK. TENSION.

If you feel around under Tess’s armpits, you might find 50p and the TV remote.