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Phil Daniels waltzes out of Strictly Come Dancing
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It was a battle of the boys on the dance floor on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One tonight as actor Phil Daniels was voted off Strictly Come
Dancing – the first celebrity to leave the competition.
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After performing a waltz, the combination of the viewer votes and
judges' scores left Phil and his partner Flavia Cacace in the
bottom two with Don Warrington and Lilia Kopylova.
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Both couples
had to perform a second time for the judges' deciding vote.
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Of Phil and Flavia's dance the judges said –
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Arlene Phillips: "Well it's funny to see you in this position because I've
worked with you and seen you as a master of your art and I was in
awe of you. You need to introduce your right foot to your left
foot and they need to fall in love, because they never came
together. Bring them together occasionally."
Score: 5.
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Bruno Tonioli: "For a bit of rough you actually scrub up quite well. It
was a bit shaky and unsteady. You held your breath – you looked
like you were going for a dive."
Score: 5.
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Craig Revel Horwood: "The steps were all there but it lacked any grace for me.
It felt a little common. The rise and fall I thought was a
little lumpy. You were paddling your feet in the standing spin – very flat footed – and I don't believe you were engaged in the
dance."
Score: 4.
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Len Goodman: "The hold, the posture and the movements are the main things
for waltz and I thought the movements were good. You've got to
work on hold and posture, but for the first of the series I think
you did very well." Score: 6.
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The judges gave them a total of 20 out of 40 for their
performance.
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After the dance-off, Phil and Flavia were thrown a lifeline by
Craig and Arlene, but Bruno picked Don and Lilia, leaving head
judge Len with the casting vote.
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Len said: "They both did make
some mistakes and it is very difficult to judge between a waltz
that needs so much control and a cha cha cha which needs so much
rhythm. But for me the performance I've just seen – the cleanest
one – was Don and Lilia."
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After his and Flavia's elimination, Phil said: "It was a short
ride. It's been fantastic, good fun."
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On Saturday the girls performed a group dance to Lady Marmalade
ahead of their solo performances next week and it was a mixed
result according to the judges.
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When asked who they will be
looking out for next week, they said –
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Arlene: "I tell you, Christine [Bleakley] took my eye because the cha cha is
a cheeky dance, and any opportunity she could get to have her
hands all over Matthew, she did! She really stood out."
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Bruno: "Clean, sharp, sexy. I'm going to be watching next week...
Rachel [Stevens]."
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Craig: "I thought Lisa [Snowdon] was very good, but if I'm going to be
selective it's got to be Gillian [Taylforth] because looking at that I can't
wait for next week."
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Len: "I'm going with Jessie [Wallace]. For me she was one of the few girls
that wasn't looking at the floor."
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Next week the girls will compete to stay in the competition
whilst the boys perform a group number but are safe from
elimination for another week.
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Notes to Editors
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Don't forget you can get all the up-to-date gossip on the sister
show It Takes Two, weekdays at 6.30pm on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two, and also via
bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing.
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