Strictly Come Dancing: week 11 results – as it happened (2024)

And that’s Strictly over for another week – get ready for a MASSIVE SEMI next SUNDAY, when our four remaining couples will be dancing TWO DANCES; kick-off is at 7.15pm, so please join me then.

Thank you for joining in, and enjoy your FREE SATURDAY next weekend - I’m taking the daughter ice skating. Have a great week!

Friends for life DRINK! In your family forever DRINK! Like Ellie and Johannes last week, this feel like a couple who might actually be mates. They’ve been amazing to watch.

They take to the floor to dance their final dance, to ‘So Long, Farewell’ from The Sound of Music. CUTE.

Craig and Motsi both save Molly and Carlos, but (PLOT TWIST) Anton saves Kym and Graziano. So it’s all down to Shirley, who saves…Molly and Carlos.

Which means KYM AND GRAZIANO are leaving Strictly. It’s a real shame – Kym was a fabulous dancer, but last night Molly and Carlos were better. So hard to lose anyone at this stage, particularly as they’re all so well-matched, dance-wise.

Molly and Carlos are up first – I loved this Charleston last night, and Molly is bringing the same energy second time round. Part of me would love her to be in the Final, after weathering so many dance-offs. But I also don’t want to hoof out any of the others.

Kym and Graziano are up next – I really enjoyed this dance last night, even though the judges weren’t that fussed. Maybe it’s because I spent a large part of the early 80s playing ‘Fame’ and dreaming of a career in the performing arts, before discovering I can’t sing OR dance. Nice work Kym – if you’re leaving us tonight, it’s on a high.

Who’s joining Molly and Carlos in the dance off? Fleur and Vito are safe, along with Hamza and Jowita.

Which means KYM AND GRAZIANO in the dance off. Oof, that’s a tough one. But based on last night’s dances, I think Molly definitely has the edge.

Time for a musical interlude, courtesy of a medley from The Cher Show. I didn’t even know there WAS a Cher Musical. When did that happen? How have I missed it?

There are three Chers, all wearing really uncomfortable-looking outfits featuring sparkly merkins of varying lengths. The sound quality is dreadful, like they’re singing at the bottom of a well.

Cher may have Found Someone, but it definitely isn’t a sound engineer.

I think Tess’s white pantsuit is my fave Tess outfit of the season, and I’m also here for Claudia’s zebra print boots. Good choices all round.

Next week Will is doing his Couple’s Choice to a medley of 90s indie classics. I feel baggy pants and a bucket hat coming on.

So which two couples are the first to go through to next week’s semi-final? For the first time this season, I really don’t mind which two dances I have to watch again. They were all fabulous.

Helen and Gorka are safe, along with Will and Nancy. First couple in the dance-off: MOLLY AND CARLOS.

Poor Molly. She’s spent so much time in that bottom two she’s started leaving a toothbrush by the dance-off sink. I feel for her, she did a great job last night.

Last night on Strictly: my favourite show of the series so far. Everyone stepped it up a notch, the music was brilliant and dance appropriate (mostly - not sure it entirely did Hamza any favours), and we were all done and dusted in barely more than an hour. So basically the stuff of liveblogger dreams.

Highlights: Helen’s Couple’s Choice. I know I bitch about the whole concept being fired into the sun, but that dance will go down in the Strictly Hall of Fame, and could take Helen all the way to the glitterball. Also Will’s dreamy Foxtrot, Molly’s fun Charleston, Kym’s pants, Hamza’s subtle Samba, Fleur showing us what a HUGE musical theatre star she’s going to be Gorka in a corset/guyliner, Johannes as a Pink Lady. Loved every minute.

Lowlights: Tess’s banana, Claudia’s pyjamas. Coming down the stairs.

TESS AND CLAUDIA DRESS WATCH! Tess dressed as a Greek goddess, Claudia in a black vest. Absolutely no issue with either.

And we’re off! Tonight’s opening pro dance is a number from Guys and Dolls, which I’ve never seen and don’t know the plot of, so I can’t get excited about it. But there are many chairs, so feel free to belatedly drink.

The very opposite of the casual weather happening right now. Didn’t catch the name, but he’s dressed like a recruitment consultant. The football has ruined everything.

Oh wow, apparently it was Darren Bett. Or as I refer to him, Darren Better In Plaid.

Evening all, and welcome back for this week’s quarter final results! Last night was a FABULOUS Musicals Special, but if we’re ever going to make it to Christmas we need to wave goodbye to another couple. I don’t make the rules, but if I did I’d take all six through because they’re all brilliant.

Don’t forget that next week’s massive semi is on SUNDAY at 7.15pm, when our remaining five couples will be doing TWO DANCES. Usually this means an under-rehearsed hot mess, but because of scheduling shenanigans they’ve got an extra day. So that’s a bonus.

Kick off tonight is at 5.40pm – join me then!

Strictly results? On a Saturday afternoon? In this economy? Apparently so. On the upside, we can all go out and party afterwards – I’m planning to go to Bath for a drink or two, because for the first time in over a decade, I CAN.

Thank you for being my fabulous chorus line this evening – you are all awesome. See you tomorrow, and enjoy the rest of your Friday!

That’s it for tonight’s dancing – how fabulous was that?

It’s time to vote for who you’d like to see in next week’s semi-final. Will and Helen are at the top of the leaderboard, and right now it’s Hamza and Kym in the dance-off danger zone. I feel like the public will probably save Hamza, so maybe Kym and Molly for the dance-off? Nobody deserves to be there – they were all great tonight.

Scores: 9,10,9,10 – a total of 38 for Fleur and Vito.

Anton thought it was marvellous, and Craig agrees – it had class, style and sophistication. Motsi thought it was the magic at the end of a great show. Shirley loved everything about it – Fleur was a star today.