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| Jockey Richard Dunwoody has become the second celebrity to be voted off the new series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing show. | Jockey Richard Dunwoody has become the second celebrity to be voted off the new series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing show. |
| Dunwoody and his partner Lilia Kopylova were beaten in a dance-off by Coronation Street actor Craig Kelly. | Dunwoody and his partner Lilia Kopylova were beaten in a dance-off by Coronation Street actor Craig Kelly. |
| Dunwoody said: "It's been an unbelievable experience." | Dunwoody said: "It's been an unbelievable experience." |
| Jo Wood, actresses Laila Rouass, Zoe Lucker and Natalie Cassidy, actor Ricky Whittle, cricketer Phil Tufnell, were all safe. | Jo Wood, actresses Laila Rouass, Zoe Lucker and Natalie Cassidy, actor Ricky Whittle, cricketer Phil Tufnell, were all safe. |
| Votes cast by the public were added to the judges' scores, leaving the two dance pairs with the lowest scores to fight for survival in the dance-off. | Votes cast by the public were added to the judges' scores, leaving the two dance pairs with the lowest scores to fight for survival in the dance-off. |
| His fate was sealed when judges Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Alesha Dixon all voted to save Kelly although head judge Len Goodman admitted he had planned to vote for Dunwoody. | |
| Dunwoody's partner Lilia Kopylova described Dunwoody as "by far the most hard-working partner I have had" even though dancing did not come easily to him. | |
| "And finally I'm going to learn how to ride horses," she said as she hugged him. | |
| Hollyoaks star Ricky Whittle was top of the judges' leader board both nights this week. | |
| The seven couples who survived Saturday's show join the seven which went through last week when tennis player Martina Hingis became the first to leave. | |
| The 14 couples will compete against each other for the first time next Saturday. |