Rob van Vuuren and Mary Martin were the deserved winners of Strictly Come Dancing 5 on Thursday night, scoring a near-flawless 119/120 en route to the title.

After an action-packed episode of Strictly Come Dancing 5 Garth Collins and Anele Mdoda were eliminated leaving Rob, Tessa and Cindy to contest the finale.

The producers of SCD 5 have confirmed that an electronic calculation error during Episode 8 resulted in the wrong couple being eliminated from the show.

The cast of SCD 5 pulled out all the stops to deliver a nailbiting quarter-final episode last night which saw ex-Gladiator Garth Collins becoming an ex-dancer.

Gugu Zulu became the fifth fatality of SCD 5 on Thursday night, finally succumbing to the inevitable: the brother can drive, but a dancehall king he is not.

In a thrilling turn of events, TVSA AmaBloggaz helped save Gugu Zulu from elimination on SCD last night leaving Sandy, Ian and the judges trembling with rage.

Metro FM's Adil More became the third celebrity to be booted out of Strictly Come Dancing last night, losing the dance-off to Gugu "Blogzilla" Zulu.

The tango turned sour for afro-jazz singer Judith Sephuma on Thursday night as she became the second celebrity booted out of Strictly Come Dancing 5.

Lebo "Shugasmakx" Mothibe was the first celebrity to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing 5 on Thursday night, after losing the first dance-off to Judith Sephuma.

The 2nd non-elimination episode of Strictly Come Dancing 5 aired last night. It was the turn of the five female celebs to strut their stuff on the dancefloor.

The season premiere of Strictly Come Dancing began with waltzing on Thursday night, with comedian Rob van Vuuren and partner Mary Martin setting the early pace.