BBC Strictly pro reveals show first after shock exit as 'undermarking' addressed

Strictly Come Dancing duo Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas appeared connected Monday night's It Takes Two pursuing their bittersweet exit connected Sunday night

Strictly Come Dancing duo Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas appeared successful their archetypal exit interrogation connected Monday's It Takes Two aft their bittersweet elimination connected Sunday night.

During the results amusement implicit the weekend, EastEnders histrion Jamie, 30, and nonrecreational dancer Michelle, 29, recovered themselves successful the dreaded dance-off against Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe, wherever the second duo were unanimously saved by the judges.

On Monday night, Jamie and Michelle appeared successful their archetypal exit interrogation connected It Takes Two with big Fleur East. During the chat, nonrecreational dancer Michelle pointed retired a amusement archetypal for her pursuing their departure.

Host Fleur, 37, said: "It was the archetypal clip though that you faced the dreaded dance-off and your look said it all... speech america done the thoughts moving done your caput astatine this moment."

To which Jamie admitted: "Oh good it's portion of the Strictly experience, being apical of the leaderboard, bottommost of the leaderboard, dance-off, it was similar we get to creation it again, let's go!"

With Michelle pointing out: "I've ne'er been successful a dance-off either truthful for maine it was an acquisition arsenic good that I wanted to spell through. We did it, we enjoyed it, we've got the full bundle now!"

Later successful the show, big Fleur addressed viewers claiming that the duo were undermarked during their clip connected the competition. Fleur said: "Despite the 9 from Anton [Du Beke], viewers judge you were truly undermarked not conscionable connected the play but during the full competition, they had a batch to say."

Fleur past work retired immoderate comments from viewers arsenic she said 1 instrumentality wrote "the judges are excessively harsh connected Jamie that was genuinely amazing, I don't cognize wherefore that didn't bespeak successful the scores" portion a antithetic spectator enactment "he has not been fixed just markings compared to the others."

To which some Jamie and Michelle pulled a look arsenic the second said: "You cognize what, I deliberation erstwhile we peaked with our Paso [Doble], they were expecting method perfection with each creation which I recognize arsenic the Paso was specified a large moment.

"But it is hard to achieve, particularly with your engaged docket and everything. We did our best, you did your champion and 1 happening I know, and I tin accidental for sure, is that we genuinely and thoroughly enjoyed each azygous moment. Every azygous infinitesimal and that's what it's about. Even erstwhile the pressures were precocious and we were stressed, we inactive enjoyed it."

Strictly Come Dancing continues connected Saturday nighttime connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.