Not for the first time this series, Shirley Ballas disagreed with her Strictly Come Dancing colleagues as Tom Fletcher and Amy Dowden were sent home on Sunday night.
McFly star Tom and pro partner Amy landed in the dance-off for the first time this series as Musicals Week came to an end.
They scored 31 out of 40 for their Couples Choice routine to Les Miserables classic On My Own on Saturday night and landed in the bottom two alongside Rhys and Nancy who scored 32 for their jive to Footloose.
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After learning their fate, both couples had to dance again before the Strictly judges had their day on who should stay and who should go.
Guest judge Cynthia Erivo, who gave Tom and Amy just 7 on Saturday; Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke all voted to keep Rhys and Nancy in Strictly for another week.
That meant that by the time host Tess Daly asked head judge Shirley who she’d keep in, the result was already a foregone conclusion.
Shirley, having given both couples 8 out of 10 on Saturday, revealed she’d have picked Tom and Amy, with her choice seeing her vote differently from her fellow judges.
Earlier this series Shirley was the only judge to firstly vote to keep Greg Wise in and then Adam Peaty, after the others had all chosen to keep their respective opponents.
And, while they have disagreed with her on plenty of occasions, plenty of viewers backed Shirley for wanting to save Tom, with one tweeting: "I knew he wasnt gonna win but I thought he’d go a lot further in the comp… Judges undermarked him and were very harsh with his feedback imo… Gutted for him!"
Another reacted: "No no no no just no.. totally agree this is down to the ridiculous marks last night. Absolutely no way Tilly’s dance was a 40 and they where way too harsh on Tom."
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