Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin top the leaderboard with a near-perfect score of 39 for their Salsa performance on Strictly Come Dancing.
The impressive performances and high scores of Layton Williams and Ellie Leach make this week's episode of Strictly Come Dancing significant and newsworthy.
Week five of Strictly Come Dancing featured a variety of dance routines, with Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin receiving a near-perfect score for their Salsa performance.
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Angela May Rippon CBE is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter. Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's Nine O'Clock News, becoming a regular presenter in 1975.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Headquartered at Broadcasting House in Westminster, London, it is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.
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Strictly Come Dancing returned for its twelfth series beginning from 7 September 2014 with a launch show, with the live shows starting on 26 and 27 September.
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Zara Nicole McDermott is an English media personality. After working for the Department for Education as a policy advisor, she became a contestant on the fourth series of Love Island and subsequently appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity and Made in Chelsea
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Layton Williams is an English actor, singer, and dancer, best known for playing the role of Stephen in the television series Bad Education. His first job was at the age of twelve playing the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical on London's West End.
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Nigel Derek Harman is an English actor. Beginning his career as a child actor, he has played various roles across theatre, stage and television, including as Sky Masterson in Michael Grandage's revival of Guys and Dolls and as Lord Farquaad in the origina
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Bobby Jack Brazier (born 2 June 2003) is an English actor and model. In 2020, he made his runway debut, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week. In 2022, he joined the cast of the BBC One soap opera EastEnders as Freddie Slater. He is also...
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Eddie Kadi is a British-Congolese comedian, presenter, actor, Philanthropist and MC.
His works include creating and producing a travel show which aired on Vox Africa in the UK with the personal mandate of educating the African diaspora on untouched and al
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Nikita Kuzmin is a Ukrainian dancer and choreographer. In 2020, Kuzmin became a professional dancer on Let's Dance and in 2021, Strictly Come Dancing. He lived in Kyiv, Ukraine until the age of 9. Then, Nikita's family relocated to Italy. He has lived in
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Leslie Dennis Heseltine is an English television presenter, actor, and comedian. He presented Family Fortunes from 1987 until 2002.
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Motshegetsi "Motsi" Mabuse is a South African dancer currently residing in Germany. She has appeared on Let's Dance, the German version of Strictly Come Dancing, originally appearing as a professional dancer but later became a judge on the show.
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Shirley Annette Ballas is an English ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance adjudicator. She specialises in the International Latin division, where she won several championship titles which earned her the nickname The Queen of Latin.
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Jody Alan Cundy OBE is an English cyclist and former swimmer. He has represented Great Britain at six Summer Paralympics winning seven gold medals across swimming and cycling events. He has also competed in multiple World Championships, winning 22 medals.
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Ellie Louise Leach (born 15 March 2001) is an English actress best known for portraying Faye Windass on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street between 2011 and 2023.
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Dianne Claire Buswell is an Australian professional dancer and YouTuber. She is best known for her appearances on the British television show Strictly Come Dancing.
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"Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin. He wrote it in May 1927 and first published it on December 2, 1929. It was registered as an unpublished song August 24, 1927 and again on July 27, 1928.
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Angela Marie Scanlon is an Irish television presenter and broadcaster for RTÉ and the BBC. She initially broadcast on Irish television, presenting a number of programmes on RTÉ including the documentary Oi Ginger! in 2014.
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Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian–British professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, conductor, singer, author, theatre director and television personality in the United Kingdom. He is a patron of the Royal Osteoporosis Society.
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Amy Dowden is a Welsh professional ballroom and Latin American dancer from Caerphilly, Wales, best known for her appearances on the BBC One television show Strictly Come Dancing.
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Karen Hauer is a Venezuelan professional Latin dance specialist and World Mambo Champion, best known for her appearances on the British television series Strictly Come Dancing.