Strictly Come Dancing: week five results – as it happened
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Thanks for watching along with me, sequin-spangled squadron, and making this one of the warmest, most welcoming corners of the internet every weekend. Our 11 pairings now progress to the sixth live show, the annual feast of frightening fancy dress which is the Halloween spooktacular. It airs next Saturday at 6.25pm on BBC1. Meet you back here to rate the twinkle-toed tricks and technical treats. Hey, maybe Wynne’s hand will come as Thing from The Addams Family.
![[Paul Merson departs.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a384ac6e2ee239aa9728f36f66f8c314c2adf708/0_184_4242_2545/master/4242.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
In the meantime, it’s your usual mantra: keeeeep dancing! Have a lovely week and be careful of that weather out there. Goodnight. Finally, Lester48 says: “If/when Paul goes tonight, that’s the weakest dancer gone. Now we’re in the realms of shocks about who goes from next week.”.
![[Sophie Ellis Bextor performs.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2c4b676cae7def727e7a6d29ad30fad3ec323eba/0_209_4800_2880/master/4800.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
girlpanic adds: “Changes I don’t like in this year’s Strictly so far:. Not starting the judging with Head Judge Shirley Ballas. Not thanking Dave Arch and his wunnerful orchestra. Crashing into the results show with a boring update from Tess. Why has the group dance been moved?.
![[Karen Hauer and Paul Merson’s samba.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/19a4cf3170dd394345a41c925993c2ccba61e745/0_174_3200_4000/master/3200.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
There will probably be more.”. Toesturnedin says: “Sad for Paul. He had really improved. Please, please can Karen get a youngster next year!!!”. OverLunder2 says of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s performance: “Ah Sophie, now we know why Brendan is there. He was so gallant when there was a push to make her performance more sexy. I paraphrase but it was something along the lines of ‘Perhaps she doesn’t want to be more sexy.’ Now that’s a sexy man. Cheers, Brendan.”.
![[Paul Merson says goodbye.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47b9c97a39d762087446ab2e0cffa518a7fb24f3/0_229_4242_2545/master/4242.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
