Eliminated Christine Bleakley racks up a £4,500 bar bill after performing her last tango in Strictly
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Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:38 PM on 01st December 2008
The decision to film the results show of Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday evenings is proving to be a bit of a boon for London nightclubs.
The results are not shown until Sunday night, but by that time the loser is usually tucked up in bed with a stonking hangover.
Viewers saw Christine Bleakley get booted off last night. But her exit was filmed on Saturday - giving her plenty of time to get down to Mayfair club Mahiki to rack up a £4,550 bar bill.
Adrian Chiles lent his support to co presenter Christine Bleakley after the pair left Mahiki nightclub minutes apart from each other at 4am on Saturday night
The One Show presenter, 28, partied with a group of 40 friends, including her colleague Adrian Chiles. Bleakely and Chiles have previously denied an off-screen relationship.
'Christine seemed in high spirits. If she was upset with the judges' comments you would not have known it,' a source said.
'She turned up at Mahiki all dressed up and she was with a big crowd. As soon as they all piled in, it was clear that they were on a mission to enjoy the evening.'
The group ordered seven Treasure Chests, the club's signature cocktail, which is a selection of spirits topped with champagne, served in a chest with loads of straws at £100 a pop.
TV presenter Christine Bleakley and her dance partner Matthew Cutler became the 12th act to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing on the Sunday results show
Christine performed two dances with her partner, the Tango and the Salsa
Christine moved on to tequila shots by the end of the evening, with club sources claiming she was looking rather well refreshed.
After performing the Tango and Salsa on the show this weekend, Christine found herself in the bottom two with Rachel Stevens.
Following the dance-off, Craig, Arlene and Bruno all saved Rachel and Vincent, leaving head judge Len to comment. Len just said: 'I agreed with the other judges.'
Christine said after her elimination: 'I thought I would go in the first week.
'It’s been absolutely incredible. I can’t thank people enough for their support.
The star received 28/40 for her Tango performance and a total of 30 for the Salsa
'In Northern Ireland and over here. I’m going to miss him [Matthew] every day more than anything.'
Christin'e exit came after Judge Arlene Phillips gave her tango a score of just six.
She said : 'The body contact was there but it was as though Matthew was picking you up and moving you like a rag doll.
'You weren’t supported, you weren’t centred, and we didn’t see the core strength Christine, which by now you should have.'
Giving a score of seven, Len Goodman said: 'I agree a little bit that you’ve got to get a little more taut in your core.
Rachel Stevens and her dance partner Vincent Simone were in the bottom two with Christine and Matthew
'But there was drama about it. I think nerves get the better of you and instead of coming out and just going for it, you get nervous and you go into yourself.'
Brunio Tonioli gave her dance eight: 'The tango’s a dance you really have to attack.
'It has to have emotional impact and focus. You did the moves but it was a bit limp.
'It has to come from inside you, not like a mask. It’s got to come from within you.”
The judges gave them a total of 28 out of 40 for their tango performance. But the pair scored slightly higher in the salsa dance, attaining a total score of 30 out of 40.
He said: 'I’m afraid not sharp enough. All the way through, particularly the spine was very loose and lacked any sort of tension and aggression to tell the story.
'The kicks were a bit lame. I think to be honest at this point in the competition sadly that wasn’t good enough.'
Christine leaps into partner Matthew's arms
Goodbye: Christine says she will miss Matthew 'every day more than anything'
Meanwhile Rachel's appearance in the bottom two was all the more surprising after she scored 39 points from the judges. The 30-year-old was just one point off last week's record score of 40.
Even hard-to-please Phillips was all smiles. 'It truly was one of the most soul-tingingly waltzes we have ever seen on Strictly,' she said.
'And Rachel, if you can deliver with your Latin, two words: Alesha Dixon.'
But back for her second dance, a paso doble, Rachel scored just 32, giving her a total of 71.
Tonioli told her: 'We had the angel, now we have the devil. To take that on after another difficult dance I have to praise you.'
Backstage: Christine said she thought she would be eliminated in the first week
Despite both couples dancing as if their lives depended on it for a place in next week's quarter finals, it was Rachel's refined dance-off waltz that won the judge's votes.
After coming bottom of the leader's board last week One Show presenter Christine Bleakley was saved by her popularity with viewers.
But this week the judge's said she simply wasn't good enough to be in the competition.
'Not sharp enough, generally all the way through. The spine lacked any sort of tension and aggression to tell that story,' said Revel-Horwood. 'I think that at this point in the competition, sadly that wasn't good enough.'
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all that money..and ive paid for most of it!!! sack her..
We are paying BBC staff enough money to rack up a £4,550 bar bill. That's the annual old age pension.
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Obviously the BBC are paying her too much if she can afford a bar bill that huge. Another £500 and she could pay a pensioners state pension for a year.
- Joanna, Waltham Abbey, 01/12/2008 16:30