He was saved by the judges last week, but Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty has now become the sixth celebrity to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing.
He faced Tilly Ramsay in the dreaded dance off, after finishing bottom of the leader board for his jive to Little Bitty Pretty One that had opened Saturday night's show.
After both couples had danced a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts with first up Craig Revel Horwood choosing to save Tilly and Nikita.
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Craig said: "Firstly, I wouldn’t have put these couples in the bottom. That’s just me personally, but seeing they are there and I’ve got to choose, I’m finding it really difficult tonight and this isn’t like me. But for the reason of a better dancer and a better dance off scenario, I’m going to choose to save Nikita and Tilly."
Motsi Mabuse also chose to save Tilly and Nikita, saying: "I mean, it has been a tough competition. All the couples have performed really, really well. One of the biggest lessons I’ve ever learned while judging is music is key, and I think the couple for me that was more sound to the music is going to be Tilly and Nikita."
The decision was final when Anton Du Beke also chose Tilly.
But head judge Shirley Ballas said she would have decided to save Adam and Katya.
Shirley said: "No, I would have saved Adam and Katya."
When asked by Tess about their time on the show, Adam, who had tears in his eyes, 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."
There had been some speculation the he and partner Katya had almost kissed, with Adam warning online trolls about gossiping.
After the dance off, Katya 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."
*The remaining couples will take to the dancefloor next when Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday, November 13, at 6:40pm, on BBC One.
