Devastated Strictly Come Dancing star Punam Krishan makes vow as she's axed from show

The latest dance-off on led to being voted out of the competition, though she's made a promise following the experience.

Punam, 41, and her dance partner , 34, have become the latest couple to leave the show. The pair ended up in the dance-off this weekend against , 40, and , 33, as part of week.

Both couples were seen taking to the dancefloor with their routines again in Sunday night's results show, with Punam and Gorka performing their tango to Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams first. Shayne and Nancy then performed their paso doble to Edvard Grieg's In The Hall of The Mountain King.

Following the dance-off performances, judges , 59, , 43, and , 58, each chose to save Shayne and Nancy - with the majority decision resulting in Punam and Gorka's departure. Head judge , 64, agreed with the decision, saying that she would voted to save Shayne and Nancy too.

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It marked the first time that Punam and Gorka had been in the dance-off, whilst Shayne and Nancy had previously been saved by the judges two weeks ago. That dance-off saw and voted off Strictly.

Discussing her time on Strictly after the vote, Punam said: "I am really proud of myself. You know I've taken on something that's so out of my comfort zone. The one thing that I've very much learnt is to say yes more, and that there is no point in your life when you can stop learning new skills."

"I've learnt more than dancing, I've learnt so much from Gorka. Everyone's been so incredible and it's just memories that I'll take home forever and I am very proud. I've made my family very proud, I'm just really grateful," she added.

She also commented on the show: "I think to have one of your dreams genuinely come true is just a surreal feeling. Week after week it's been incredible, I've made friends for life and everyone's just been so kind, so thank you."

Her dance partner Gorka said: "I'm very proud of what she has achieved. [...] She had never danced before and I think she improved week by week. I think she is truly what the show is about, someone who doesn't have experience in the performance came here and learnt to dance."

Further sharing his thoughts, he said: "She wanted to do so well and worked so hard. Also I feel very proud and very honoured that we got to do a Bollywood dance, to represent your culture, show your culture to the world and open doors for so many people in your culture."

Punam then added in a message to Gorka and assured that her departure from Strictly won't be the end of her "journey dancing." She said: "Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for giving me the gift of dancing. I've never danced before, but you've definitely sparked so much dancing. I want to learn more, and I definitely don't think this will be the end of my journey dancing."

The remaining ten couples on the latest series of Strictly, which launched last month, are set to return to the dancefloor next week for the new icons themed week on November 2 from 6.30pm on and . The results show will then air the following evening from 7.20pm.

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