Cha-Cha-Ciao! Sid Owen leaves Strictly Come Dancing after losing dance-off against Colin Salmon

Cha-Cha-Ciao! Sid Owen leaves Strictly Come Dancing after losing dance-off against Colin Salmon

This week's Halloween-themed Strictly Come Dancing turned into a real-life nightmare for Sid Owen this evening as he became the latest celebrity to leave the show.

Former EastEnders star Sid was voted out of after he found himself in the bottom two alongside actor Colin Salmon.

Following a spook-tacular Saturday night show - which saw the contestants perform a group dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller AND Bruce Forsyth dance to Gangnam Style - Sid and his dance partner Ola Jordan found themselves bottom of the leader board, whilst Colin and his partner, Kristina Rihanoff, were fourth from bottom.

However, once combined with the results of the public vote, Sid and Colin had the lowest overall scores, and were made to face one another in the dance-off.

Sid and Ola Cha-Cha-Chaed t heir way through Ghostbusters once again, whilst Colin and Kristina repeated their Salsa to Stevie Wonder's Superstition.

Sid picks out Craig on the panel

Both dances were improvements on their performances the night before, but ultimately the judges declared themselves to be Team Colin.

This couple were dynamic and simply better dancers - and that couple is Colin and Kristina,” Craig Revel Horwood told Tess Daly.

Next to vote was Darcey Bussell, who said: “Well they both were so much better than the performances yesterday, although the nerves hit them really hard, but I am going to have to save Colin and Kristina.”

See Sid and Ola Cha Cha to Ghostbusters...

Watch Colin and Kristina's Salsa to Superstition...

Bruno also chose to save Colin saying: “I think overall the strongest couple were Colin and Kristina.”

Despite Len saying he would have voted for against the other judges, with three votes in Colin's favour Sid's fate was sealed, and he became the third star to leave the show, following Jerry Hall and Johnny Ball.

Reflecting back on the results of tonight’s show, Sid said: “I have loved every minute of it, thanks to Ola, she is a hard taskmaster but she has been great and we have had so much fun. And now I can even feel comfortable going out and maybe having a little dance.”

Sid is comforted by his fellow contestants

Sid and Ola's departure from the show follows a particularly tough week for the pair, as Sid was left to rehearse with Johnny Ball's former dance partner Iveta Lukosiute after Ola's mother suffered a stroke, prompting the dancer to rush back to Poland to be by her side.

Following what she described as an "emotional week of pain", Ola returned to the dance floor with Sid last night after her mother insisted she fly back to take part in the show.