Remember me
Following the elimination of one pair from the competition during Sunday night’s results broadcast, the three finals for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing have been confirmed.
This week’s bottom two were reality TV actress Amber Davies and her partner Nikita Kuzmin, as well as EastEnders actor Balvinder Sopal and her partner Julian Caillon, for the sixth time in the series.
In the end, the judges decided to send Balvinder Sopal and her partner Julian Caillon home, allowing Amber to go through to the finals.
Amber joins social media star George Clarke and former England footballer Karen Carney in next week’s final.
Speaking on Sunday night’s results show after her elimination, Balvinder said: “All the dance-offs, all the challenges, but just more than anything, just being in this building and dancing on this floor with such an amazing human being.”
“It was my ‘Yes Year’, and I said yes to Strictly. My family, we’ve had some hard times, but they’ve been here.”
Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon
She also paid tribute to her dance partner Julian Caillon, saying: “You’ve been brilliant in every sense of the word.”
“When I wobbled, and when I felt really brilliant about the dance and got the steps right, you’ve just held me in your hands and you’ve gone, ‘Bal, we’ve got this.'”
“I’ve never felt alone on this floor, and I just want you to remember me. Don’t replace me too soon!”
Her partner Julian said she “embodies” what Strictly Come Dancing is about: “Her spirit is unbreakable, and you have shown me that I’m actually dreaming too small, and Bal can inspire us that whatever any of us want in life, all you have to have is the desire to go after it.”
The final three couples will compete in the final next weekend.
The winner will be announced on Saturday, December 20 at 19:00 GMT on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.