Strictly fans outraged as eighties pop legend receives brutal scores from the judges

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans were near furious arsenic 1 prima received an incredibly debased people from the judges.

Toyah Wilcox danced a Tango alongside her pro spouse Neil Jones but it fell level with the judging panel.

The prima was savaged by the experts arsenic they criticised her for the mediocre regular and her galore mishaps.

Their comments soon translated into scores arsenic Toyah managed to container an impeccably debased people of conscionable 12.

Both Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas scored Toyah a 2 retired of 10 portion Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke opted to walk a people of 4.

It near them astatine the bottommost of the leaderboard by immoderate borderline arsenic Shirley and Craig unusually agreed erstwhile it came to their critique of the singer's routine.

One of their main criticisms was that Toyah recovered herself being dragged crossed the dancefloor by Neil.

Craig said to the singer: "You were leaping astir similar a Springbok, darling. This is similar a prowling dance.

"You should beryllium successful your knees, you know, and I felt similar you were being lifted. You went up connected the incorrect ft a mates of times arsenic well. We mislaid timing. We mislaid connection."

Shirley went connected to add: "I really deliberation it does matter, and I deliberation what Craig said is perfectly right, truthful delight clasp her manus portion I present this message.

"You person the astir competitory spirit. I privation to accidental that archetypal of all, and I deliberation that you came retired present and you wanted to springiness it your all, and you did your best.

"Unfortunately, little is more, and mediocre Neil looked similar helium was going for a locomotion successful parkland with you. I've danced with Neil, and he's beauteous to creation with, truthful we request listening skill.

"We request to calm it a small bit."

Fans were soon near furious arsenic they slammed the judges for their scoring and insisted immoderate of the blasted should beryllium placed astatine Neil's feet.

Hitting retired online, 1 said: "If Neil Jones carried Toyah astir truthful her feet didn’t scope the floor, the disapproval should beryllium his. #Strictly."

Another echoed: "I did expect Toyah to beryllium amended than she was actually. Neil didn't assistance by dragging her astir either. It reminded maine of the twelvemonth Anton dragged Anne Widdecombe on the floor!".

Before idiosyncratic other added: "And this is wherefore Neil seldom gets a partner…!"

But contempt galore raging astatine Neil and the deficiency of accountability for his relation to play, 1 instrumentality was speedy to admit they did hold with the captious comments and scores of the judges.

They said: "Twelve is simply a brutally debased people for Toyah, but for the archetypal clip successful a precise agelong time, the judges' scores really matched what they really said ..."