Strictly star's three-word response as they're axed from BBC series in brutal twist

Strictly Come Dancing’s results show tonight saw the latest celeb bid farewell to the BBC ballroom competition.

Strictly Come Dancing returned tonight for its results show, which sent another star packing following a tense dance-off.

Last week, singer Toyah Willcox bid farewell to the BBC series, after battling it out alongside dance partner Neil Jones in the bottom two against Paul Merson and Karen Hauer.

The previous episode also saw three-time Olympic champion Tom Dean and his professional dancing partner Nadiya Bychkova become the first pair to be voted out of the competition.

Now, the latest dancing duo have been forced to give up their dancing shoes following last night’s show, which saw Love Island ’s Tasha Ghouri and partner Aljaž Škorjanec top the leaderboard.

The lowest-scoring dances of the night were Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk’s long-awaited Movie Week Charleston, which earned them 21 points, and Dr Punam Krishnan and Gorka Marquez’s Jive, which landed them in bottom place with 20 points.

However, it was Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu who joined Nick and Luba in the dreaded dance-off, sealing the DIY SOS star’s fate.

Shayne and Nancy were placed in the middle of the leaderboard for their Cha Cha, so it came as no surprise when the judges unanimously voted for them to stay in the competition.

Upon hearing the judges' decision to send him home, Nick responded: "I've really been surprised by how much I've loved doing it."

He went on to explain: "Two things happen: one, is how much you care each week, and the other is how much you don't want to let down your partner.

"The only reason I could do this this evening was because of Luba's changes."

Summing up his partnership with Luba on the show and the way she was able to adapt to his injury in three words, he stated: "She did amazing."

Luba went on to praise Nick's "determination" as she held back tears and told him: "Thank you."

Nick thanked the various staff that had helped him through his injury, before wishing luck to his fellow competitors.

Nick’s elimination was particularly brutal, given that the star had only just returned to the competition following a serious injury.

The DIY expert’s future on the show had been hanging in the balance ahead of Saturday’s live show, as he wasn’t sure if he’d be cleared by doctors to go back on the dance floor.

His most recent accident left him on crutches and forced him to miss out on Movie Week last weekend, which is why he returned to do the Rain On The Roof routine from the Paddington 2 with Luba last night.

Nick’s accident had occurred during last week’s dress rehearsal when he fell out of a jump and sustained an injury to his knee.

If that wasn’t bad enough, Nick also previously hurt his shoulder away from rehearsals when he was just changing a car tyre.

While he managed to struggle through that week’s dance, he was forced to wear a sling for several training sessions.

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Strictly Come Dancing returns next Saturday at 6.25pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.