Debbie McGee has given her verdict on the latest results (Image: BBC)

I’m still in total shock after finding out who has been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing, just weeks before the all-important final – it’s heartbreaking.

There will likely be a huge backlash to the result when the show airs because everyone I’ve spoken to has told me this person is the celebrity they love watching on this year’s series. Don’t get me wrong, the other person in the bottom two is an excellent dancer and was incredible on Saturday night, but the voted-off star is the one everyone’s been talking about since day one.

While they have been incredible all the way through, they did look tired on Saturday night and appeared as though they didn’t have the energy they’d usually have after working their butt off for months.

Despite the crushing blow for the eliminated celebrity and their professional partner, I am convinced it will actually do wonders for their career in the long run. In show business, you want to be remembered, and BBC viewers will certainly remember this result as it will go down in Strictly history.

Strictly Come Dancing’s final is just weeks away (Image: Guy Levy/BBC/PA)

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It’s a lot to digest, I think, for the fans, but they will continue watching the show despite the result because it’s a Saturday night light entertainment show. The programme has truly loyal fans, as it’s like nothing else on television.

The performances on Saturday night were incredible to watch for different reasons, as the competition is really heating up. Everybody’s loved George Clarke from the beginning. He started well, then went through a real low patch. But he’s really gone up a notch over the past couple of weeks. His Tango last night was fabulous – it was the right music, and everything fell into place.

I’m a big fan of Karen Carney, and her routine was great too, and the backing dancers were integrated in a brilliant way, which enabled her to stand out – and for me, that’s really important.

One thing about Lewis Cope’s dance was that his costume blended in with the backing dancers, so he was a bit hidden. However, he was totally outstanding, despite head judge Shirley Ballas admitting it was not his best dance of the series.

Amber Davies’ routine was perfection – her standard of dancing is just fantastic. She rightly scored the full 40 points with her partner Nikita Kuzmin for Musicals Week.

Meanwhile, Balvinder Sopal has had a mountain to climb since week one, as many people who watch EastEnders associate her with the villain she plays on the soap. The public has never got to know the real Balvinder – they’ve only got to know her BBC character, Suki Panesar. But she’s improved so much over the weeks – her Viennese Waltz last night was beautiful.

The judges are purely looking at technique – and I certainly didn’t know what they were scoring on until I did the programme and came runner-up. But now, having learned about technique, I can see the things celebrities are not getting quite right.

While I can’t reveal who goes ahead of the show airing tonight, all I can say is I am heartbroken because I won’t be able to see them dance for the next two weeks.

However, having been in show business for almost 50 years, this could be a good thing because everyone will remember this elimination and how wonderful this person was.

And who knows, in another few years, they could be a massive star and Strictly will be a faint memory to them.