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"Nicky Byrne has become the ninth celebrity to be voted out of this year&amp;#039;s Strictly Come Dancing. The former Westlife singer and his professional dance partner Karen Hauer left the competition at the quarter-final stage after finishing in the bottom two alongside Denise Van Outen and James Jordan.   Following the dance-off, three of the judges gave a unanimous verdict to put Van Outen through to the semi-final next week. With Craig Revel Horwood choosing to save Van Outen, Darcey Bussell said: &amp;quot;They were both very strong performances but I&amp;#039;m going to save Denise and James.&amp;quot; Bruno Tonioli added: &amp;quot;They both improved, but the outstanding couple were Denise and James.&amp;quot; Nicky Byrne said of his time in the BBC competition: &amp;quot;It has been just so much fun. It is the biggest and best show in the world. To come out every Saturday night is hard but it&amp;#039;s playing a different character, doing a different dance - it&amp;#039;s just been amazing. &amp;quot;Karen, every week, every day has been incredible. We had a bit of a shaky start in terms of judges and stuff, but we just seemed to improve.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;I have to say thank you to the judges - you have been absolutely amazing with all your advice. All the people backstage - even the people that get you your coffee. I am going to miss the whole thing, it&amp;#039;s been an amazing experience.&amp;quot; Karen Hauer said: &amp;quot;I just want to say thank you to everyone - all the celebs and professional dancers. It&amp;#039;s been my first year and I could not have asked for a better celeb - [to Nicky] you were amazing.&amp;quot; Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday (December 15) at 6.30pm on BBC One. Photo gallery - Strictly Come Dancing quarter-final:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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