Fans of Strictly Come Dancing were at a loss for words as they watched Layton Williams rip up the ballroom floor on Saturday night’s show.
The Bad Education star, 29, surprised the judges with his and partner Nikita Kuzmin’s dance cha cha to Whitney Houston’s Million Dollar Bill.
Head judge Shirley Ballas claimed the male pair were ‘back in the game,’ Anton Du Beke thought their performance was ‘simply wonderful,’ and Craig Revel Horwood stated’million dollar bill, million dollar dance’.
Motsi Mabuse gave them a 10 and stated she could watch them ‘day and night,’ which added to their total and handed them the honour of highest series score thus far.
Fans were puzzled as they watched the celebrity soar into the air and land in a splits stance with ease.
Taking to social media, one penned: ‘Layton just changed my life with this’, while another said: ‘If that wasn’t worth 40, I’m not sure what dance is!!!’
Layton just changed my life with this #strictly pic.twitter.com/OZs0hFZGOe
— poppy ☾ (@scddevereaux) October 14, 2023
‘Spectacular! Seen nothing quite like it before!,’ was a separate account’s reaction to the gravity-defying dance move.
Elsewhere, actors Nigel Harman and Adam Thomas were not far behind, getting 33 and 32 points respectively with their partners.
Ryan, Adam’s brother, was observed in the crowd shedding a tear as he watched his brother glide around the dancefloor.
He performed a beautiful waltz to I Wonder Why by Curtis Stigers in his most recent routine with partner Luba Mushtuk.
Ellie Leach and her partner Vito Coppola opened off the fourth week with a vibrant samba to Copacabana by Barry Manilow.
Jody Cundy and his partner Jowita Przystal delivered an intense salsa replete with stunning lifts and flips but received the night’s lowest score.
Actress Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice scored 31 points for their dance, which included a quick-footed foxtrot to Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News and his partner Lauren Oakley performed a stunning paso doble to Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ By The Way, earning him 28 points.
Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima triumphed in the dance-off last week with their Viennese Waltz to Brenda Lee’s You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, which earned them 28 points.
The event’s results show will run on Sunday, and one couple will be eliminated.
Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturday and Sunday on BBC One and iPlayer.
