Julien Macdonald leaves 'Strictly Come Dancing'

Julien Macdonald has been voted out of Strictly Come Dancing.



The fashion designer is the third celebrity to leave the competition, following Vanessa Feltz's departure last week.

Countdown's Rachel Riley and her partner Pasha Kovalev found themselves in the bottom two with Macdonald and Janette Manrara after the judges' scores and viewers' votes were combined.

The two couples repeated their performances in the hopes of returning next week, with Riley and Kovalev dancing the quickstep to Imelda May's 'Johnny Got a Boom Boom'. Macdonald and Manrara then performed their salsa to 'Spice Up Your Life' by the Spice Girls.

Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Bruno Tonioli each elected to save Riley from the chop, with head judge Len Goodman stating that he would have done the same.

Macdonald said of his time on the show: "I'd like to thank everyone at home for voting for me, all the audience and the judges - even Craig! Most of all I've had an amazing time and this has been the best experience of my life and I've left on a high. I hope I have spiced everybody's night up!"

Manrara added: "I don't think I have ever met anyone that has put in more hours to try and make it happen. I am so glad I had Julien as my first partner on Strictly."

Macdonald and and Manrara were also bottom of Digital Spy's poll for this week's best dance routines.

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One on Saturday October 26 at 6.30pm.