Second celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing 2024 revealed

A 2nd personage has been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing 2024, aft an unthinkable movie week.

The beloved BBC programme’s 20th day bid is good and genuinely underway, with the 2nd results amusement of this twelvemonth leaving different personage and their pro spouse retired of the competition.

Saturday’s amusement saw Dr Punam Krishan marque past with a Bollywood dance connected Strictly for the archetypal time, Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri topping the leaderboard with a earnestly awesome 34 points, Sarah Hadland paying tribute to Dame Maggie Smith with a Harry Potter-themed performance, and Chris McCausland continuing to stroke viewers away.

Meanwhile, DIY SOS prima Nick Knowles was forced to miss this week successful the competition, owed to an injury.

Last weekend, Tom Dean and Nadiya Bychkova became the archetypal brace to beryllium eliminated from the series, and now, a 2nd mates has left.

Who near Strictly Come Dancing this week?

Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones near the competition pursuing a creation disconnected against Paul Merson and Karen Hauer, with some couples performing their movie week dances again.

Toyah, 66, and Neil performed their Samba to Poor Unfortunate Souls from Little Mermaid.

Paul, 56, and his creation spouse Karen past performed their Cha Cha to The Magnificent Seven from The Magnificent Seven.

After some couples had danced a 2nd time, the judges delivered their verdicts, with Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and  head judge Shirley Ballas each choosing to prevention Paul and Karen.

When asked by big Tess Daly astir their clip connected the show, Toyah said: ‘It’s been the champion 2 months of my life, it has been fantastic. I person enjoyed each second. And you (Neil) person been phenomenal, convey you truthful much.’

Neil added: ‘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.

‘If you saw her successful the hallway she’s been practicing. Everyone’s been telling maine person you seen Toyah practicing, she’s superb and she’s what Strictly is each about, and I’ve loved each moment.’

Speaking astir Neil, Toyah besides said: ‘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.’

Toyah and Neil had been successful the creation disconnected past week, against Tom and Nadiya, but were saved by the judges.

Following the archetypal results show, Neil shared a fewer pictures of his Jive regular with Toyah connected Instagram, penning successful his caption: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen erstwhile you inquire maine however my Saturday nighttime went😜🤟🏻🪩

‘I conscionable privation to accidental it’s week 2 @toyahofficial is not a dancer but each time she’s improving, each time I archer Toyah, it mightiness not beryllium cleanable but you are improving and astatine the aforesaid clip you are not losing who you truly are and that is what @bbcstrictly is each about.

‘You bring truthful overmuch joyousness successful our lives and I consciousness fortunate that I person the accidental to thatch and usher you truthful we tin some entertain 🧡.’

13 remaining couples volition instrumentality to the dancefloor adjacent week hoping to enactment themselves 1 measurement person to the glitterball trophy.

Strictly Come Dancing continues connected Saturday astatine 6.20pm connected BBC One and iPlayer, with the results amusement connected Sunday astatine 7.20pm.

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