Second celebrity departs Strictly Come Dancing after dance-off defeat

Singer Toyah Willcox and her nonrecreational creation spouse Neil Jones person been voted disconnected the 20th day bid of Strictly Come Dancing.

The brace danced disconnected against erstwhile Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson and his spouse Karen Hauer during the 2nd results amusement of the BBC bid connected Sunday night.

Willcox and Jones performed their samba to the opus Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid a 2nd clip earlier Merson and Hauer repeated their cha cha to the Magnificent Seven taxable arsenic portion of the show’s Movie Week.

Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke each chose to prevention Merson and Hauer, sending Willcox home, with caput justice Shirley Ballas past agreeing she would besides haved saved the erstwhile England international.

Willcox and Jones had triumphed implicit Olympic swimmer Tom Dean and his creation spouse Nadiya Bychkova the erstwhile week.

After the judges’ decision, Willcox described the amusement arsenic “the champion 2 months of my life”.

She said: “It has been fantastic. I person enjoyed each second. And you (Jones) person been phenomenal, convey you truthful much.”

Jones added helium had ne'er seen idiosyncratic “work truthful hard” connected the show.

“She has made maine laughter truthful much, I person ne'er seen idiosyncratic enactment truthful hard – I’m the 1 asking for breaks each present and then. She conscionable kept going, she wanted to larn truthful much,” helium said.

“If you saw her successful the hallway she’s been practicing. Everyone’s been telling maine ‘have you seen Toyah practicing?’.

“She’s superb and she’s what Strictly is each about, and I’ve loved each moment”

The 66-year-old It’s A Mystery vocalist praised Jones for his support, adding: “It was immediate, it had to beryllium Neil. I felt truthful comfy and safe.

“You’re a large teacher, you’re a large person arsenic well.

“You’ve conscionable fixed maine a caller zest for life, that’s the astir invaluable happening I’ve travel distant with.”

Willcox, dressed arsenic Ursula, the villainous oversea witch from the Disney classic, had the lowest people during Saturday’s unrecorded amusement with 15 retired of 40, prompting Revel Horwood to picture her arsenic “stuck successful the mud”.

That prompted heckling from Willcox’s husband, King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, who was sat successful the audience.

Having begun her creation surrounded by a elephantine octopus projection, Willcox aboriginal revealed her hubby was acrophobic of the oversea creatures.

Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri topped the Movie Week leader-board scoring 34 retired of 40 for her rumba with Aljaz Skorjanec to Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For? from the Barbie movie.

Sunday’s results amusement featured a “rom-com inspired” regular from the nonrecreational dancers and besides a show of The Heart Asks Pleasure First from British vocalist Alexis Ffrench.

Strictly Come Dancing returns connected Saturday October 12 astatine 6.20pm with the Results Show connected Sunday October 13 astatine 7.20pm connected BBC One.