Strictly Come Dancing fans have accused Shirley Ballas of "sharing who she would vote for" before the dance off in tonight's results show. The BBC competition revealed its second elimination of the series this evening, but fans thought that Shirley had already "let slip" who was going home ahead of the reveal. Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones found themselves having to take to the dancefloor once more to fight for their place in the compeition as they were in the bottom two with Paul Merson and Karen Hauer.
Finding out she was in the dance off, singer Toyah said: "I don't know what to say, but I will be surfing in Newquay by Tuesday." Host Tess Daly comforted her as she said: "You might not be, it's too early to call that yet." The presenter went to the judges as she asked Shirley, who "spotted a couple of hiccups" in the routine on Saturday night, what Toyah can do to "elevate" the routine in the dreaded dance off.
The BBC show judge seemed to already be saying her goodbyes, as she replied: "Well Toyah, having you in this competition has been fatastic and you bring great entertainment." She added: "When you do this dance off, I want you to go with that entertainment part one-hundred percent. But remember, no mistakes.
But that personality of yours is amazing." Earlier in the show, when sitting down with the judging panel, Claudia Winkleman asked Shirley if she would be sad to see Paul leave. The judge replied: "I'm very sad to see Paul in there because I think he's a very natura.