She was unanimously given the boot by judges after the head-to-head battle with the model who has been touted as one of this year's main contenders.
Strictly drew its biggest audience of the series so far with an average of 10 million tuning in on Saturday - maintaining its huge lead over ITV rival The X Factor, which drew 7.9 million viewers.
There time is up: Rachel Riley and her partner Pasha Kovalev become the fifth stars to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing
This was the second time Riley found herself in the bottom two with partner Pasha Kovalev.
They performed their American Smooth to Put A Spell On You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, but it was not enough to save them.
Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Bruno Tonioli all chose to save Clancy, with head judge Len Goodman adding afterwards that he would also have voted the same way.
Bottom two: Rachel was forced to dance against Abbey Clancy in a fight for her place
Looking back at her time on the show, Riley said: 'I haven't cried until now, I have made some amazing friends.
‘I really enjoyed tonight, I really enjoyed yesterday's dance so I'm really pleased to go out on a high.
‘Abbey is just gorgeous, a gorgeous dancer, a gorgeous girl and I have no shame in getting knocked out to her.’
Last dance: Rachel smiles as she takes to the floor for her last dance
Giving it their all: Abbey and Aljaz danced like their life depended on it
So tearful: Abbey couldn't hold back her tears after her performance
Riley said Clancy has ‘no confidence in herself at all’ and is very nervous every week.
She added: ‘Abbey especially was really upset because we get on really, really well.’
The maths whizz said she has made some friends for life, describing everyone as ‘lovely’.
Shock: Abbey was shocked to discover she had to take part in the dance off
Not sure why: The judges found it hard to understand why Abbey was in the bottom two considering her beautiful dance
‘I swapped numbers with lots of contestants and a lot of the dancers. Everyone was so nice,’ she said.
Riley said all she wanted to do throughout the series was to improve, and was pleased with the judges' comments about her performance.
She and Kovalev performed their ‘best dance yet’, according to Goodman.
Delighted: Sophie couldn't believe she had made it through after messing up her dance
Relieved: Ashley couldn't hide his delight as he discovered he would be dancing for another week
Revel Horwood welcomed them back into the competition, while Tonioli told Riley she had found her mojo.
The couple scored 30 - their highest score so far.
She now thinks the competition is ‘hard to call’, and said that if Clancy can find herself in the bottom two then it's ‘anybody's call’.
Honest: Abbey said she didn't want to be up against Rachel as she was her best friend on the show
No hard feelings: The contestants hugged it out after Rachel was voted off
The judges were equally as surprised to see Abbey in the bottom two, with Len saying: 'I can’t quite believe that the audience at home have put you in this position.'
Ahead of the dance off Abbey struggled to hold back the tears, as she said: 'It’s just made me realise how much I don’t want to leave.
'I don’t want to be in it with Rachel as she is my best friend.'
Ska: Madness took to the stage to provide musical entertainment ahead of the results
Jump and jive: Dancers put on an impressive show as Madness performed
No comments:
Post a Comment
your comments are welcome