Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left in a panic at the end of the results show on Sunday night as they fear Aljaz Škorjanec quit on air after he was voted off the show.
Sara Davies and her Slovenian dance partner were the latest to fall victim to the dance-off on Sunday as they went up against Tilly Ramsay and her partner Nikita Kuzmin.
Viewers were shocked to see the couple in the final two this week after the praise they received from the judges for their Argentine Tango which scored them 32 points out of 40 and placed them in the centre of the leader board.
But as the pair gave their emotional goodbye speech at the end of the show, some fans feared the 31-year-old was saying farewell to Strictly for good.
Before they took to the dance floor to perform their final dance, Aljaz praised his celebrity partner for all her hard work, noting: “You have been an absolute joy. A testament to hard work.
“Thank you for letting me spend so much time, not just with you but with your family.
“I’ve been so welcomed up north, it made me feel like I was back home in Slovenia actually because everyone was so lovely and friendly.
He went on: “I’m going to miss you so much. I’ll miss dancing with you. I’m going to miss everything about this show.
“Thank you everyone, thank you for your support”.
His loving speech left not a dry-eye in the room as his Dragon’s Den dancer struggled to hold back the tears on the show.
As she reflected over her time on the hit dance competition, Sara shared her new-found joy of dancing and gushed over how much she loved her time on the show.
Sara confessed: “I had no idea any of this was in me. It’s been a life-changing experience and one I’ve loved every second of.
“He’s one in a million. He knows it, I tell him every day.
“This wouldn’t have been the experience it was unless it had been with you.”
It’s fair to say Alijaz has become quite the fan-favourite since he first joined the show in 2013 and viewers confessed they weren’t quite ready to say goodbye to him just yet.
One viewer penned: “This sounded like a goodbye speech from @AlijazSkorjanec I hope it isn’t!!!”
Another added: “… I really hope that wasn’t a last series of strictly speech from alijaz.” while a third asked: “Did Alijaz just confirm this was his last series?”
Aljaz’s cryptic speech comes after The Sun claimed he and Oti Mabuse have told their co-stars they plan to quit the show next year, and will be handing in their notice after this series.
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