Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fifth week of the 2026 series, which saw the remaining dancers try to impress the judges to get through to the next round of the competition.
Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita impressed the judges the most, earning a score of 37 and topping the leaderboard.
Along with Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington, they also secured the first 10s of the series from the judges.
Meanwhile, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr were left at the bottom on 17 points, meaning they could be in a perilous position for the results show.
With the next pair of dancers set to be eliminated on Sunday night (October 25), here are the current judges' scores and the Strictly leaderboard ahead of the public tally and dance-off.
Strictly Come Dancing 2026 scores leaderboard for Week 5
After all the routines were completed, here's what the leaderboard looks like for Week 5:
- Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita - 37
- Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington - 34
- John Nellis and Katya Jones - 32
- Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley - 31
- Will Best and Dianne Buswell - 31
- Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin - 31
- Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola - 28
- Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu - 25
- Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu - 25
- Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby - 24
- Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystał - 19
- Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr - 17
Who left Strictly Come Dancing last week?
In Icons Week, Dame Sarah Storey and her professional partner Julian Caillon were the latest to be knocked out of Strictly's 2026 series.
The pair came bottom of the leaderboard and had to go against Bethany Antonia and her partner Nancy Xu in the dance-off.
In the end, judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke opted to save Antonia, meaning head judge Shirley Ballas did not need to use her deciding vote.
That meant Paralympian Storey was eliminated from the competition.
Speaking after her elimination to BBC presenter Abi Clarke on spin-off show, Strictly: Lights Up, Storey shared: "We [her and Caillon] said to each other backstage, you’ve just got to take on board those comments and put them into practice immediately, and so, that’s what we did.
“I’m also disappointed that I don’t get to bring it on Monday to try and do the same again.”
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How to vote on Strictly Come Dancing
Viewers can vote for their favourite couples on Strictly after each Saturday show via the BBC website.
You can also scan the QR code shown on screen during the broadcast, which takes viewers directly to the vote page.
Viewers can vote using a mobile, tablet, or computer, but you must be signed in with a BBC account to cast your vote.
Following the public vote, two couples will compete in the dance-off during the Sunday results show.
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