Winter Olympic champion Tabby Stoecker topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard in Saturday's live show, scoring two 10s for her couple's choice dance to Stupid Song by Olivia Rodrigo and finishing with a total of 37, the highest of the 2026 series so far.
Australian singer Delta Goodrem, returning from injury, had earlier earned the first 10 of the series. She scored 34 for her rumba to Celine Dion's It's All Coming Back To Me Now with professional partner Kai Widdrington, placing her second after missing last week's icons special with a fractured rib.
Emotional tribute and judge praise
Stoecker's performance with professional partner Mark Karmalita was dedicated to her late father, and she appeared emotional afterwards. Judge Shirley Ballas praised her as a "beautiful dancer" and called the performance "absolutely exquisite".
Before giving Goodrem the series' first 10, judge Anton Du Beke told the singer: "I have to tell you this, this is as good as I've (seen), this is my favourite dance of the series by a million miles. And I've got some advice for you, going forward I would continue to have a rib injury."
Fellow judge Motsi Mabuse added "I missed you" and praised the dance as "one of the best rumbas I've seen on this show".
Top scores and bottom two
Social media star John Nellis and Katya Jones placed third with 32 for their quickstep to McFly's Five Colours In Her Hair, which Ballas said she was "very pleased" with and Craig Revel Horwood called "clean".
In the bottom two were Emmerdale star Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystal, who scored 19 for their jive to a mash-up of Fatboy Slim's The Rockafeller Skank and The Knack's My Sharona, and former England winger Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr, who scored 17 for their jive to Faith by Stevie Wonder featuring Ariana Grande, which Revel Horwood branded "a disaster".
After Robb and Przystal's dance, Revel Horwood said: "It wasn't for me, flat-footed and out of time, feet turned in, no retraction or slip, not your best."
Mid-table results
Three couples scored 31: TV dog trainer Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley, Big Brother presenter Will Best and Dianne Buswell, and former Love Island winner Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin. Dyer and Kuzmin's score for their performance to Despecha by Rosalia came after they placed in the bottom two last week, with Du Beke praising the dance as "magnificent" and "brilliantly done", although Revel Horwood said they "could've sold it more".
EastEnders actress Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola performed the tango to Blondie's Atomic, initially appearing to have scored 29 due to an issue with the BBC's graphic, but were eventually revealed to have scored 28. Actress Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu scored 25 for their foxtrot to Olivia Dean's Man I Need, and Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu scored 25 for their Argentine tango to a cover of All The Things She Said by Harrison. Former Love Island star Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby scored 24 for their cha cha to Maneskin's cover of Beggin' by The Four Seasons.
At the start of the show, presenters Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe welcomed Goodrem back. Radebe said: "I have to say a very warm welcome back to Delta and Kai, we're so happy to have you back in the ballroom my darling."
