Strictly Come Dancing week five

Declan Maher

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Strictly Come Dancing is back for series 24, new presenters bedding in and Mel C turning up to burn calories on a disco bike, because apparently that's where we are now. I watch it the way I watch a League of Ireland relegation six-pointer: no real stake in it, can't look away. Week five, twelve couples left, here's who's still dancing and who I'd have in the dugout if I was picking.

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Strictly Come Dancing week five — 3 items
Name	Couple	Dance	Song	My take
1Bethany Antonia & Nancy Xu	Bethany Antonia & Nancy Xu	Argentine Tango	All The Things She Said by Harrison	Bottom two last week and still standing, fair play. Resilience like a corner back down to ten men.
2Dani Dyer & Nikita Kuzmin	Dani Dyer & Nikita Kuzmin	Salsa	Despechá by Rosalía	Back after last year's injury heartbreak. Like a striker returning from cruciate, you just want the legs to hold.
3Jaime Winstone & Carlos Gu	Jaime Winstone & Carlos Gu	Foxtrot	Man I Need by Olivia Dean	Foxtrot's the dance nobody shouts about, bit like a steady centre half. Does the job, no fuss.