Strictly’s Toyah Willcox eliminated in second dance-off reigniting fan fury over Tom Dean’s shock exit

STRICTLY'S Toyah Willcox has been eliminated aft her 2nd dance-off, reigniting instrumentality fury implicit Tom Dean's daze exit.

Toyah, 66, and her creation spouse Neil Jones, 42, were sent location during tonight's results show, conscionable a week aft she was saved successful favour of Olympic swimmer Tom, 24.

They'd gone up against Paul Merson, 56, and Karen Hauer, 42, who had Cha-Chaed to the Them from The Magnificent Seven.

But their Samba to Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid didn't negociate to support them successful the competition.

Judges Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood each voted to prevention Paul and Karen, with caput justice Shirley Ballas confessing she would person made the aforesaid decision.

Craig enactment his determination down to atrocious "timing" and "loss of balance" connected Toyah's part.

Turning to her amusement partner, the vocalist said of their connection: "It was immediate. It had to beryllium Neil. I felt truthful comfy and safe. You're a large teacher and person arsenic well."

Viewers had been near convinced that amusement bosses were trying to get escaped of her, thanks to an 'obvious clue'.

Toyah and Neil were chosen to execute their Samba 2nd during yesterday's Movie Week installment.

Toyah did small to impressment the judging sheet arsenic she came retired with debased scores.

But it wasn't the scores that Strictly fans thought could onshore her successful the dance-off again.

Many took to X, formerly Twitter, to kick that she had been fixed the dreaded "death slot" by going second.

The "death slot" refers to the spot successful the moving bid which is slightest apt to propulsion up success.

It near fans to fishy that the Beeb secretly privation to get the 80s popular vocalist retired by giving her the spot.

Writing online, 1 instrumentality said: "Toyah has the decease slot, seems similar they privation her to spell present that she's made it to Movie Week."

Another added: "A Samba and Toyah is successful the decease spot. OH DEAR!"

A 3rd wrote: "Lol @ accumulation doing Toyah and Neil nary favours by dumping them successful the decease slot."

Before a 4th penned: "Toyah and Neil decease slot ohio it’s implicit for them."

Toyah picked up a mediocre 3 from Craig Revel Horwood arsenic good arsenic fours from the different 3 judges.

It led different instrumentality to quip that the judges were besides moving to get past retired aft they were branded "unfairly low".

The disgruntled spectator said: "Very unfairly debased scores for Toyah. The judges privation her out."

Last week, 80s icon Toyah and Neil recovered themselves successful the bottommost two and dancing disconnected against Tom and Nadiya Bychkova.