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Dani Dyer tops Strictly leaderboard as Jaime Winstone gets injury bye
Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin topped Strictly Come Dancing’s leaderboard on Saturday, in week seven of the UK dance competition.
They performed an American Smooth to “It Had to Be You” by Harry Connick, Jr. The pair scored 36 points, including Dyer’s first 10 of the series.
The show’s judges praised the routine, which the coverage described as the highest-scoring American Smooth of the series so far.
Jaime Winstone missed the show with an injury and has been advised by doctors to rest.
Under the show’s rules, she and partner Carlos Gu receive a bye through to next week, when they are expected to perform if she has recovered.
Dani Dyer and dance partner Nikita Kuzmin scored 36 points to top the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard on Saturday.
Their American Smooth, danced to It Had to Be You, was the highest-scoring American Smooth of the series so far.
Jaime Winstone missed the show because of an injury and was given a bye through to next week.
Doctors advised Winstone to rest, and the show said she and partner Carlos Gu would receive the bye under its rules.
- Who
- Dani Dyer and dance partner Nikita Kuzmin topped the leaderboard. Jaime Winstone was absent because of injury.
- What
- Dyer and Kuzmin scored 36 points for their American Smooth. Winstone and Carlos Gu received a bye to next week.
- When
- Saturday, 7 November 2026.
- Where
- Strictly Come Dancing. A more specific location is not stated.
- Why
- Dyer topped the leaderboard after scoring 36 points. Winstone was advised to rest because of an injury.
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Winstone was advised by doctors to rest after an injury.
Dyer and Kuzmin performed an American Smooth and scored 36 points.
The hosts said Winstone and Gu would receive a bye through to the next week.
- Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin's score
- 36 points
- Dyer and Kuzmin's dance
- American Smooth
- Song
- It Had to Be You by Harry Connick, Jr
- Jaime Winstone's partner
- Carlos Gu
- Winstone's next-show status
- Bye through to next week
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