STRICTLY Come Dancing pro Nadiya Bychkova has expressed her upset after getting eliminated from tonight’s show alongside Tom Dean.
The Olympian got the boot after head judge Shirley Ballas opted to save Toyah Willcox instead – sparking outrage amongst fans.
Breaking her silence after the news, she wrote: “I really appreciate all the messages but I’m not ready to talk about what happened tonight just yet.”
Her former partner on the show Dan Walker was also furious at the decision and shared his own post.
He wrote: “What just happened on Strictly feels a bit messed up.
“@tomdean00’s departure will go down as one of THE early shocks. Lovely bloke who really could have become a great dancer. He looked like he was loving every second of it and @nadiyabychkova looked like she loved teaching him.
“I’m not an expert - and I’m happy for someone to explain - but how he lost that dance off is completely beyond my comprehension. Genuinely thought they could have gone a long way.”
Tom shared both posts, before commenting on the journey himself.
Former It Takes Two presenter Zoe Ball seemed to be on the same page and told Nadiya: “Love you Lady. gutted for you and Tom.”
While Gorka Marquez told Tom: “Gutted for you man but should be product.”
Katya Jones commented: “So gutted for you and Nadiya.”
Following the public vote, the gold-medallist swimmer, 24, faced singer and actress Toyah, 66, in the dance-off tonight.
Donning sparkly and fringed outfits, Tom performed his energetic cha cha to Boogie Wonderland by Earth, Wind & Fire once again.
He kicked off the live show on Saturday with the routine, receiving a score of 20 from the judges and bringing his total to 43 after picking up 23 points last week for his tango to Harry Styles's song Golden.
Meanwhile, Toyah and professional partner Neil Jones reprised their lively jive to Nutbush City Limits by Ike & Tina Turner.
They picked up 18 points for their effort but they still remained at the bottom of the leaderboard with a total of 30 after they placed at the bottom last week with a score of 12.
After both couples danced a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts, with Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse both choosing to save Toyah while Anton Du Beke opted to save Tom.
Head judge Shirley Ballas had the deciding vote and chose to save Toyah.
Those watching at home rushed to brand the situation a fix.
“Absolute fix. They obviously have some deal to give Neil more air time this year. Poor Tom. Not on at all," wrote one fan.
"Tom has been robbed!! Toyah was by far the worse dancer!!! Absolute Fix" said a second.
A furious third wrote: "No…wrong wrong wrong…..getting fed up with this show now,think the judges must be being told who to save, Tom should have stayed over Torah 100%"
"WHAT? Toyah went through to next week over Tom?" raged a fourth. "That's wrong, Toyah was one of the lowest scoring competitors,along with paul merson.
"Judges call themselves experts, they must either been blindfolded/paid off or told by bbc to put Toyah through."
