Strictly Come Dancing fans 'furious' amid spotting fresh 'curse' as Gorka Marquez leaves competition with Nikita Kanda

Strictly Come Dancing fans think they have spotted a new show 'curse' after Gorka Marquez bowed out of the competition with Nikita Kanda. The couple faced elimination for the second consecutive week on the BBC show after scoring 21 with their movie week jive on Saturday night (October 7), channelling 90s film Clueless.

BBC Asian Network presenter Nikita and her professional dance partner faced Love Island star Zara McDermott and her partner Graziano Di Prima who had scored 25 for their Puss In Boots paso doble. Both couples performed their routines again in a bid to impress the judges.

However, it was former Love Island star Zara who was saved by all four judges after Motsi Mabuse said Nikita had made "a few mistakes that were quite visible" while Anton Du Beke agreed "there were a couple of small mistakes".

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Nikita quickly became emotional as she told co-host Tess Daly that she did not want to leave and felt she had let her professional partner Gorka, 33, down who she said had been the "biggest support". She then told Tess: "I’ve had the best time and I love all my Strictly family, I’m going to miss you all. This has been a dream come true, I’m so grateful."

Gorka added as he consoled his tearful dance partner: "I am beyond proud of her, for someone that doesn’t have any dance experience or performance experience to come on this show and dance in front of millions of people – for three weeks, I think it’s incredible.

"You should be very proud of yourself, you have never let me down and I am very proud of you. This show is going