Ellie Taylor has been booted off Strictly Come Dancing just three weeks before the final.
Missing out on joining Kym and Graziano, plus the five other couples, in musicals week for next week’s quarter final – Ellie faced the dance off.
Ellie and her dance partner Johannes Radebe, were up against X Factor icon Fleur East and Vito Coppola – who nabbed a perfect score of 40 last weekend.
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The judges unanimously saved Fleur after her perfect score last weekend, which meant Ellie was brutally eliminated and sent home.
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Speaking to Tess after her exit, the TV personality and comedian who began her career as a stand-up comic, broke down into tears.
In her final speech before her and Johannes’ final dance, Ellie said of the whole Strictly experience: “It’s been everything and more,” as she choked back the tears and gushed over her dance partner.
Fans took to Twitter to process the news in an instant, with many very upset.
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“First #strictly exit that’s brought tears to my eyes as Ellie and Jojo say lovely things to each other,” penned one.
While another said: “Ellie and Johannes have been an utter joy from start to finish. What a partnership and what a duo. Will miss their energy and beautiful personalities. #Strictly.”
The news of Ellie’s axing came hours after it was revealed ahead of time by The Strictly Spoiler – Dave Thorp.
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Each week Dave has a mole in the live studio audience on Saturday night, will reveal who leaves the competition,
And when the spoiler leaked online prior to tonight’s results show – fans were torn over the outcome.
Taking to Twitter, one user wrote: “The right one left but why was [retracted] in bottom two again?”
While another said: “An interesting one this week because I think Kym would’ve been in the bottom two.”
Adding: “Not sure it’s entirely fair but equally don’t know how else to play it out fairly. Maybe no one left this week, two to leave next week?”
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