They've definitely generated an awful lot of romance rumours throughout their time on this year's Strictly.

In fact, their seriously hot chemistry was this weekend referred to live on air by even the show's presenters, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. https://twitter.com/bbcstrictly/status/939947786421841930 Sadly, however, Mollie King and her professional partner, AJ Pritchard, were on Sunday evening eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing - becoming the 11th couple to go, and thus narrowly missing out on next week's final. https://twitter.com/muminmakeup/status/939965640269533184

It was The Saturday singer's third time in the bottom two, this time finding herself up against actress Gemma Atkinson.

https://twitter.com/IBrakspear/status/939964244929470467 Her dance-off with AJ was nevertheless sizzling... leading a whole-load of observers (us included!) to come to the natural conclusion that the duo are definitely more than just good friends (surely no one can fake that intense level of physical attraction).

Afterwards, 30-year-old Mollie paid a heartfelt tribute to AJ, 22.

https://twitter.com/bbcstrictly/status/939943181101264896 She said: "AJ, you have been just incredible and you have been my hero for the last couple of months so thank you so much. I couldn’t have done any of it without you." AJ responded with an equally gushing: "I want to say thank you so much for being in training and literally spending all the time working so hard and always willing to try everything and performing every single night as if it’s your last."

AJ, I don’t even know where to begin... I have felt like the luckiest girl in the world being able to dance in your arms every Saturday night. I can’t even begin to thank you enough for everything you have done... You are absolutely magical. And of course, thank you so so much to every single one of you who voted us through this far. It has been a complete dream getting to the semi finals and we wouldn’t have been able to do any of this without you. ❤️

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And they also quickly both took to Instagram to compliment on another, with Ms King stating: "AJ, I don’t even know where to begin... I have felt like the luckiest girl in the world being able to dance in your arms every Saturday night."

Thank you Mollie ???. You have been outstanding throughout this journey, each & every performance has become a cherished memory that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.. You are a STAR ⭐️... @mollieking @bbcstrictly #Waltz #2017 #Semi-Finals

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Mr Pritchard himself posted: 'Thank you Mollie. You have be outstanding throughout this journey, every performance has become a cherished memory that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are a STAR.'

Well, if that's not reason enough for them to go off and set a date and get married and have lots of babies... we don't know what is.