Singer Toyah Willcox and her professional dance partner Neil Jones have become the latest pair to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing 2024. It was movie week on Strictly and Saturday (October 5) night saw the celebrities and their professional partners perform movie-themed dances covering films including Harry Potter, Mrs Doubtfire and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Love Island star Tasha Ghouri topped the movie week leaderboard scoring 34 (out of 40) for her rumba with Aljaz Skorjanec to Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For? from the Barbie movie.
Willcox, dressed as Ursula, and Jones performed a samba to the song Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid, during Saturday’s live show but could only manage a score of 15, prompting judge Craig Revel Horwood to describe her as “stuck in the mud”. Toyah Willcox second celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing 2024 Following the public vote Willcox and Jones were forced into the dreaded dance off on Sunday's (October 6) results show against former England and Arsenal footballer Paul Merson and his partner Karen Hauer. This was the second week in a row Willcox had faced the dance off after triumphing over Olympic swimmer Tom Dean and his dance partner Nadiya Bychkova last week.
The pair once again performed their Little Mermaid-themed samba while Merson and Hauer repeated their cha cha to the Magnificent Seven theme. Judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke all chose to sa.
