Olympian Adam Peaty is the sixth celebrity to leave ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2021.
Adam and his partner Katya Jones lost the dance-off to Tilly Ramsay and her partner Nikita Kuzmin. Adam and Katya performed their Jive to ‘Little Bitty Pretty One’ by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, and Tilly and Nikita performed their Tango to ‘Kings & Queens’ by Ava Max.
Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke chose to save Tilly and Nikita but Head Judge Shirley Ballas saved Adam and Katya. That meant that Adam and Katya were leaving the competition.
When asked by Tess about their time on the show, Adam said: ‘I have absolutely loved every single challenge. I’ve never had a challenge like this. As an Olympian for 16 years, I’ve pushed my body to places that I never thought it could be pushed. This is just a whole new ballgame and I’ve got so much respect for everyone that dances across the world and to all of these contestants and pros that put themselves on the line every single week, it’s just been a great experience.’
Adam continued, ‘I just want to say thank you to Katya, everyone behind the scenes, all the judges, wardrobe, make-up artists… absolutely everyone.’
Katya was then asked if she had any words for her partner and said: ‘I was not ready to be in this position today. But looking back, this is you, you have done all of this. None of us expected you to come from the Olympics. After the dance off, I looked at him and he had tears in his eyes. Someone who’s an absolute unbeatable machine that we see defending his titles for seven years non-stop, being emotional about dancing. I really think you deserve a lot more appreciation for what you’ve done and I was not ready for this.’
Tonight’s Result Show opened with the ultimate Irish party with a jig from the ‘Strictly’ professionals. There was also a music performance from The Script who performed their hit song, ‘Superheroes’.
The remaining couples will take to the dancefloor next when Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday13th November at 6:40pm, with the results show on Sunday 14th November at 7:20pm on BBC One.
