Strictly Come Dancing fans were lost for words watching Layton Williams tear up the ballroom floor during Saturday night’s extravaganza. 

The Bad Education star, 29, wowed judges with his and partner Nikita Kuzmin’s cha cha cha to Million Dollar Bill by Whitney Houston.

Head judge Shirley Ballas said the male couple were ‘back in the game’, Anton Du Beke called their performance ‘just brilliant’ and Craig Revel Horwood told them ‘million dollar bill, million dollar dance’.

Motsi Mabuse gave them a 10 and said she could watch them ‘day and night’, adding to their total which awarded them the title of the highest series score so far. 

Fans were baffled as they observed the star fly into the air and effortlessly land in a splits position. 

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 thrilled as he landed in the splits (Picture: BBC)

‘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 did not fall far behind – scoring 33 and 32 each alongside their partners.

Waterloo Road star Adam’s brother Ryan could be seen shedding a tear from the audience while he watched his brother glide across the dancefloor.

He delivered an elegant waltz for his latest routine with his partner Luba Mushtuk to I Wonder Why by Curtis Stigers.

Actress Ellie Leach kicked off the fourth week with a lively samba to Copacabana by Barry Manilow alongside her partner Vito Coppola.

Paralympic champion Jody Cundy and his partner Jowita Przystal performed an energetic salsa filled with dramatic lifts and flips but ended up with the lowest score of the night.

Actress Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice performed a quick-footed foxtrot to Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac for their routine, scoring 31 points for their efforts. 

He appeared poised as he struck his final pose (Picture: BBC)

He has been dancing on the show with Nikita (Picture: PA)

Channel 4 news presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy delivered a dramatic paso doble to By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers with his partner Lauren Oakley, securing him 28 points.

Reality star Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima made a triumphant comeback after landing in the dance-off last week with their Viennese Waltz to Brenda Lee’s You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, which landed them 28 points.

The results programme will air on Sunday, when one couple will be eliminated from the show.

Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturday and Sunday on BBC One and iPlayer.

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