Balvinder Sopal and partner Julian Caillon react to breaking unwanted Strictly record

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00:00You've also made Strictly history for surviving the most dance-offs ever.

00:07I mean, that's mad.

00:08And Jules, on your first year of Strictly, you've made the quarterfinal

00:10and your partnership has also gone down in the history books.

00:13How does that make you feel?

00:15Honestly, I mean, look, it's kind of something weird to say that you're proud

00:20or, like, you know, to win that many dance-offs

00:22because no one really wants to be in that situation.

00:25Especially not five times.

00:27But to, I think, you know, I always say you learn more from the tough times

00:33and the challenges than you do from the good times.

00:35And to win five dance-offs, I think I'm most proud.

00:40I'm so proud of how Bao has improved as a dancer,

00:42but I'm most proud of how strong and resilient she has become.

00:47You know, week two, I remember the, you know, the dance-off kind of rattled her a little bit

00:51and we made a couple of mistakes in that Paso Doble

00:54and we genuinely thought, oh, actually, this could be it.

00:58And then, but then since then, you know, she just has this absolute, you know,

01:04we call it, like, back home, we call it an Aussie battler mindset

01:06and she embodies that.

01:08She just, you know, grits her teeth and she goes, let's keep going.

01:11Let's go again.

01:12And I'm so proud of her.

01:13We love her.

01:14And I'm so proud of her.

01:14Let's go again.

01:15Let's go again.

01:16Let's do it.

01:17Let's go again.