BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Karen Hauer says 'no one gets to see' as she sends poignant tribute to 'best friend' Eddie Kadi after exit

Strictly Come Dancing professional Karen Hauer has sent a moving message to her dance partner Eddie Kadi after the pair were eliminated from the BBC dance contest on Sunday (October 22). Eddie and Karen found themselves at the bottom of the leaderboard on Saturday night during the fifth week of Strictly.

The pair took to the dancefloor to perform their Samba to 'Calm Down' by Rema and Selena Gomez, but received the lowest score of the night with a total of 24 from judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas.

On Sunday night, comedian Eddie and pro dancer Karen sadly found themselves in the dance-off after receiving the fewest votes from the public, alongside Love Island's Zara McDermott and her partner Graziano di Prima. This meant that the two couples had to go head-to-head to perform their routines for the second time in a bid to earn their place in the competition.

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After dancing their hearts out, it was BBC documentary maker Zara who was saved by the judges and sent through to Halloween Week, which meant Eddie and Karen were sent home.

Giving his verdict Craig Revel Horwood said: “For me the quality of dance in this couple was far superior and the couple I would like to save is Zara and Graziano," as Motsi Mabuse agreed: “For me, it was extremely close. The quality was actually very, very close. It came down to details and I would love to save Zara and Graziano."

With Anton Du Beke's vote also in favour of Zara and Graziano, he added: "Well, I thought that was