Ricky Groves tango's out of Strictly Come Dancing

Ricky Groves became the 10th celebrity to be voted off the seventh series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing last Saturday night.

In week 10 of the competition, six of the remaining celebrity contestants and their professional dance partners took to the floor to perform a variety of dances.

Following Jade Johnson's injury last week, it was announced that she would no longer take part in the competition.

After the performance, the combination of the judges' scores and viewers' votes left Ricky Groves and his professional partner, Erin Boag, in the bottom two and facing the dance-off with Laila Rouass and her professional partner, Anton Du Beke.

Laila and Anton then performed their waltz to Fascination and Ricky and Erin performed their tango to U Got The Look for a second time for the judges' deciding vote.

Making their decision on who to save, the judges commented:

Craig Revel Horwood: "Laila and Anton".

Alesha Dixon: "The couple I'd like to keep is Laila and Anton."

Bruno Tonioli: "The couple I'd like to save is Laila and Anton."

With three votes cast in their favour, Laila and Anton were saved and through to next week's show, making head judge Len Goodman's vote academic – although he said he would have also saved Laila and Anton.

On the show, Ricky and Erin were awarded 22 points for their American Smooth by the judges.

When asked if he'd enjoyed his time on the show, Ricky said: 'Thank you all. I've had the most wonderful time of my life – I've met Rod Stewart, I've met Shirley Bassey and, most importantly of all, I've met Erin Boag.'

And Erin said: "Ricky has been so wonderful over the past 10 weeks. He's given it a 100% and (to Ricky) you are the perfect partner, you are really great".

The show also saw Dame Shirley Bassey perform her new single, This Time, which was written by Gary Barlow. Strictly's professional dancers also performed a stunning rumba to Madonna's Frozen, while Lilia Kopylova and Darren Bennett performed an exciting swing dance to Wild Young Hearts, by The Noisettes.

Next week, the remaining five couples will dance one of two new dances, never competitively seen on Strictly before. Each couple will perform either a rock 'n' roll-style dance, or a charleston to stay in the competition.

Strictly Come Dancing is available on BBC One and BBC HD. Tune in to the next episode on Saturday 28 November 2009, at 6.50pm.