Strictly Come Dancing kicked out another contestant tonight, with viewers in shock over the couples who landed in the bottom two.

Last night, the celebrities dressed up to the nines as their favourite icons for Icons Week. But sadly for two of the stars, they landed in the bottom two and were forced to dance again.

Lauren and Jimmy and Amber and Nikita in the Strictly dance-off
It was a bottom two that none of the viewers expected, or agreed with (Credit: BBC)

Strictly Come Dancing elimination leaves fans reeling

Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Lauren Oakley found themselves in the dance-off tonight – a result that left viewers shocked.

After Amber and Nikita danced their Ariana Grande-inspired Cha Cha Cha and Jimmy and Lauren performed their Prince-inspired American Smooth, it was over to the judges.

The previous night, viewers had been informed that, in the result of a tie, Anton Du Beke would have the deciding vote. However, after Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse all voted to save Amber and Nikita, Anton’s role was redundant.

Tess Daly – who addressed her own exit on the show last night – did ask him who he would’ve picked to save, though. Anton voted for Amber and Nikita, the same as the rest of the panel.

Tess Daly speaking to Jimmy and Lauren on Strictly
Tess Daly gave the bad news to Jimmy and Lauren (Credit: BBC)

Angry viewers react

Online, complaints poured in, with many believing that neither couple should’ve been in the bottom two. And sharing their upset that ex-footballer Jimmy had been sent for an early bath.

One commented: “Jimmy being in the dance off full stop is one of those incredibly underserved moments. Easily in the top half of performers and seemed to be quite popular. The fact he had to go up against Amber makes it even worse as he was never going to survive that.”

“All I’ll say about this – the result is a complete joke. Wrong two people in the dance-off and wrong person went out,” said another. “This result is anything other than ‘Iconic’,” said another.

“That’s a shocker, how the hell either of them was in the bottom two is beyond me. I feel sorry for Jimmy, as he has been improving every week and for Lauren, she must be gutted,” another commented. “Absolutely ridiculous, ludicrous result,” another agreed.

Jimmy and Lauren having their last dance on Strictly
One last dance for Jimmy and Lauren (Credit: BBC)

‘I’m gutted’

“Neither of those should have been in the dance-off. Though with how close the scoring was I had a feeling it really was going to be a shock week,” another viewer said. “WHAT A DISGRACE!!!! I’m gutted,” another said.

“Awful result so shocked! Really hate the scoring and the voting this year. Ellie did not deserve an 8. La Voix sang for half the dance. Massively overmarked.. Harry’s choreography wasn’t great.. Going to miss Jimmy and Lauren,” said another sadly.