8:00 p.m.

Viewers have voted for their favourite pairs after last night’s performance. Tonight the two bottom pairs return for a skate-off with the four judge panel deciding who gets to continue. The eliminated pair will donate $25,000 to the charity of their choice.

From Robyn Doolittle of the Toronto Star:

• Battle of the Blades: Four teams left battling it out
  “For figure skating fans everywhere, it was the moment we had been aching for –Jamie Salé and Craig Simpson round the corner, sink into a preparatory cross cut, lunge forward, swing their arms back – are they gonna do it?! – boom. Waltz jump. It was the first any team had performed on Battle of the Blades.” Read more.

The four pairs returning to compete on Sunday, November 1 are: Shae-Lynn Bourne and Claude Lemieux, Marie-France Dubreuil and Stéphane Richer, Christine Hough-Sweeney and Tie Domi, Jamie Salé and Craig Simpson. All will perform to songs inspired by movies and musicals.

Olympic gold medalist and figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi and her husband Bret Hedican, who won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes, will reside as guest judges for the fifth week of BATTLE OF THE BLADES, Sunday, November 1 and Monday, November 2. Yamaguchi and Hedican will draw from their knowledge of both sports to provide a combined score alongside regular judges Bezic and Button. All four will also determine who of the bottom two ranking pairs—as determined by viewer votes—gets iced on Monday’s skate-off show.

From Erin Dwyer of the NB Telegraph-Journal:

• Tuffy and Tie on ice
  “I thought Sandra Bezic hand-picked Christine (because) she has the patience and the drive to cast Tie in the best light possible… not to mention she lights up a room when she performs… do I sound like a proud and biased husband?” Read more.