Who left Strictly Come Dancing 2026 tonight as Will Best and Jaime Winstone face dance-off

The elimination was announced during Sunday's results show
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Strictly Come Dancing stars Will Best and Jaime Winstone faced the dance-off tonight, but who left the competition?

Another dance-off took place during Sunday night’s results show, with Jaime facing her fourth of the series.

Will Best and Dianne Buswell, and Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu on Strictly
Dianne Buswell and Will Best have left Strictly Come Dancing (Credit: BBC)

Who left Strictly Come Dancing tonight?

Will Best and his professional partner Dianne Buswell left Strictly Come Dancing tonight (November 15).

Last night’s show (November 14) saw Will and Dianne find themselves joint bottom of the leaderboard, alongside Graeme Hall and Lacey Turner, all with 27 points.

However, when it came to the dance-off, they were forced to face off against Jaime, who was in the bottom two for the fourth time this series.

Dianne and Will performed their Paso Doble to Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat once more. Jaime and Carlos Gu then performed their Charleston to I Can’t Do It Alone from the Chicago musical.

It was then down to the judges to decide who to save.

Motsi Mabuse opted to save Jaime and Carlos, as did Shirley Ballas. Anton Du Beke decided to save Will and Dianne.

With the deciding vote, Craig Revel Horwood decided to save Jaime and Carlos, meaning Will and Dianne’s time in the competition was over.

Emma Willis, Will Best and Dianne Buswell on Strictly
Strictly fans were sad to see Will and Dianne go (Credit: BBC)

Fans gutted as Will Best leaves Strictly

Viewers were gutted to see Will and Dianne leave the competition. One person said on X: “Absolutely gutted for Will and Dianne. Would have loved to have seen them in Blackpool.”

Another wrote: “Gutted for Will, I didn’t like his routine at all.”

Someone else added: “Oh no, not Will and Dianne!”

However, another wrote: “Given the two that landed in the dance-off, the right result but Will and Dianne will be missed.”

Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu
Jaime made a triumphant return following her injury (Credit: BBC)

Jaime Winstone returned to Strictly after injury

Last night marked Jaime’s return to the competition, following an injury that ruled her out of last week’s show.

The actor, 41, suffered a torn abdominal muscle and had to miss last weekend’s live show.

Jaime only learned on Tuesday (November 10) that she was cleared to perform on the weekend.

However, doctors told her that there were to be no lifts in her routine, for fear of aggravating the injury.

Last night saw her and Carlos pick up 33 points for their routine, with Anton even awarding them a nine.

Meanwhile, there was a notable absence last night. Kai Widdrington was forced off the show due to illness, meaning his celeb partner, Delta Goodrem, had to dance with Aljaz Skorjanec instead.

Aljaz and Delta scored 35 points, her highest points tally of the series so far.

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Strictly continues on Saturday, November 21 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 6.35pm.