Strictly reveals fifth celebrity elimination during Halloween Week

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"I’ve made my family very proud, I’m just really grateful"



Strictly Come Dancing has announced the fifth celebrity to be eliminated from this year's competition.

Tonight's results show revealed that Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez landed in the dance-off against Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu, after the two couples received the lowest number of votes from the public for their Halloween-themed routines.

Punam and Gorka once again performed their Tango to 'Sweet Dreams' by Eurythmics, before Shayne and Nancy danced their Paso Doble to 'In The Hall of The Mountain King' by Edvard Grieg.

With all four judges voting to save Shayne and Nancy, it was Punam and Gorka who were eliminated from the competition.

Reflecting on her Strictly journey, Punam said: "I am really proud of myself. You know I’ve taken on something that’s so out of my comfort zone.

"The one thing that I’ve very much learnt is to say yes more, and that there is no point in your life when you can stop learning new skills. I’ve learnt more than dancing, I’ve learnt so much from Gorka.

"Everyone’s been so incredible and it’s just memories that I’ll take home forever and I am very proud. I’ve made my family very proud, I’m just really grateful."

Meanwhile, Gorka praised his partner, saying he's "very proud of what she has achieved" over a "fantastic six weeks".

"I think she is truly what the show is about, someone who doesn't have experience in the performance world came here and learnt to dance. She wanted to do so well and worked so hard," he continued.

"Also I feel very proud and very honoured that we got to do a Bollywood dance, to represent your culture, show your culture to the world and open doors for so many people in your culture."

Punam added: "Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for giving me the gift of dancing. I've never danced before, but you've definitely sparked so much dancing.

"I want to learn more, and I definitely don't think this will be the end of my journey dancing."