Krishnan and Lauren miss out on Blackpool

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and his professional partner Lauren Oakley’s Strictly journey comes to an end in Week Eight.

The pair took to the Ballroom to perform a Samba to Bamboléo by Gipsy Kings, but found themselves in the bottom two after the Judges' scores had been combined with the public vote.

After dancing against Angela Rippon and Kai Widdrington, who performed a Paso Doble to Hung Up by Madonna, it was time for the Judges to give their verdicts.

Motsi Mabuse said: “To be honest I’ve never been so undecided in my decision, I’ve been going back and forth, back and forth, in the end I’ve decided for fundamentals and technical level so I will be saving Angela and Kai.”

Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood also decided to save Angela and Kai meaning that Krishnan and Lauren would be leaving the competition. When asked about her decision Head Judge Shirley Ballas said: “Well I picked the person that I felt was more grounded on their feet without any technical errors and I would have saved Krishnan and Lauren.”

When asked by Tess about his time on the show, Krishnan said: “Look this has been the most incredible experience. I said it has been life changing and it genuinely has. I am incredibly grateful to the entire production team, Judges, my incredible Strictly family up there. It’s right I am going out this week and I have got to get back to life. The thing that has made Strictly really special is Lauren. She is most incredible teacher, partner, friend. She is the real Strictly star and I am so delighted I am the first partnership you have had. She is going to go a long way and I am very proud of her.”

Lauren was then asked if she had any words for her partner, Lauren said: “I couldn’t have asked for a better first dance partner, it has been an absolute dream. This guy is what Strictly is about from not having danced a step eight weeks ago and you just danced that Samba! I had an absolute ball every single week. You taught me so much as well, I am so grateful and it will be in my memory forever, and we will keep dancing.”

We'll miss that infectious smile, but you can catch them both for one last time on tomorrow’s It Takes Two at 6:30pm on BBC Two!