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Janette Manrara made a “sad” announcement on It Takes two (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n
Strictly Come Dancing fans were dealt “sad” news by Janette Manrara during It Takes Two on Wednesday evening (December 10).<\/p>\n
The host was joined by Strictly <\/a>semi-finalist Amber Davies and her professional partner Nikita Kuzmin as the pair opened up about being in the dance-off during Sunday’s results show. Only four couples now remain in the BBC<\/a> One competition after another celebrity and their dance partner were eliminated.<\/p>\n Former Emmerdale star Lewis Cope and Katya Jones<\/a> were in the bottom two pairs following their performance for musical week, alongside reality TV star Amber and Nikita. The judges decided to send Lewis home after he performed a salsa to Dance At The Gym from West Side Story.<\/p>\n Amber, who danced a Charleston to Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat from Guys And Dolls, joins Balvinder Sopal, George Clarke, and Karen Carney in the semi-finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n Janette Manrara opened the latest installment of the Strictly spin-off, It Takes Two, by announcing the series will soon be over, leaving one professional dancer disappointed.<\/p>\n Looking at the camera, she said: “I’m sorry, but I have got some sad news. There are fewer than two weeks of this series left.”<\/p>\n Nikita then appeared on stage with a downcast expression and said, “Oh no, Janette”, before stamping his feet and pointing at the floor.<\/p>\n “Oh, I know, I know, Nikita”, Janette added: “But don’t feel down because we all here at It Takes Two are going to pick you up with a mid-week boost.”<\/p>\n Of the four celebs left in the running for the Glitterball trophy, only two have yet to be in the dance-off: George Clarke and Karen Carney.<\/p>\n However, while it’s George who has led the betting on Strictly winner since week one, many bookies now have ex-England footballer Karen as the new favourite to win,<\/p>\n The remaining four couples will perform during next weekend’s semi-final, airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 18:35pm on Saturday (December 13), with the results show at 19:45pm the following Sunday.<\/p>\n Each couple will perform two new routines, and there will be performances from Australian singer Kylie Minogue and boyband Five.<\/p>\n Strictly It Takes Two airs weekdays at 6:30pm on BBC One and iPlayer<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing’s Janette Manrara addresses fans during the latest episode of the BBC Two spin off Angie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[192,748,4884,1888,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-625344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115698524226834548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Strictly\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_srictly-star.jpg\")
The Strictly star made an announcement during Wednesday’s episode of It Takes Two (Image: BBC)READ MORE: Strictly Christmas special winner leaks leaving BBC viewers fuming<\/a>READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing fans ‘concerned’ another pro is set to quit<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Lewis](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_JS390090010.jpg\")
Lewis and Katya lost out to Amber and Nikita in the dance off last weekend (Image: Guy Levy\/BBC\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n