Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna: Video and bios of the Strictly contestants

• Ali and Brian received the lowest combination of viewer's votes and judge's points and unfortunately left the competition.

• Week 13: Argentine Tango 42 / 50 and American Smooth: 50 / 50

  Overall combined score for the two dances: 92 / 100

• Week 12: Tango 42 / 50 and Samba: 44 / 50

  Overall combined score for the two dances: 86 / 100

• Week 11: Charleston 37 / 40 and Group Dance: 10 / 10

  Overall combined score for the two dances: 47 / 50

• Week 10: Foxtrot 35 / 40

• Week 9: Cha Cha - 35 / 40

• Week 8: Viennese Waltz - 40 / 40

• Week 7: Paso Doble - 33 / 40. Ali and Brian were then in the dance-off with Zoe Lucker and James Jordan, and were saved by the judges.

• Week 6: American Smooth - 37 / 40

• Week 5: Jive - 29 / 40

• Week 4: Salsa - 32 / 40

• Week 3: Quickstep - 32 / 40

• Week 1 - Show 2: Rumba - 30 / 40

• Week 1 - Show 1: Waltz - 30 / 40

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Blondie FF said: “You have totally captured our hearts with your beautiful dancing each and every week. So proud of you both. In our eyes you are winners already, we will miss you.”

Ditching locked-up lags for sexy Strictly sambas, Ali will be taking to the dance floor with a commanding combination of grace, elegance and sex appeal.

Originally hailing from Windsor, Ali is the epitome of an English rose. She made her first forays into TV with quintessentially English dramas such as Jane Eyre (when she was 10 years old) and A Touch Of Frost.

Ali is best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2007. Becca's most controversial storyline in Hollyoaks saw her fired from her teaching job and sent to prison after having an affair with one of her students.

Brian was born and raised in Philadelphia and is now based in Los Angeles. Both of his parents held nationally ranked titles in Ballroom and Latin.

He started dancing when he was 4 years old at his mother’s dance studio in New Jersey, and has danced in and hosted hundreds of various shows since then.

Since the last series of Strictly Come Dancing ended, Brian has been very busy. As well as spending some time back in New Jersey with his family, he's been touring the UK in shows with Kristina Rihanoff. Brian's also been working as a choreographer and producer on ‘Dancing On Wheels’, a new series for BBC Three featuring wheelchair dancing.