Neither celebrity had been in the dance off before tonight

STRICTLY fans have raged the latest star to be axed was ‘robbed’ after an ‘absolute joke’ of a dance off.

Tonight’s results show came after Strictly’s first Icons Week on Saturday evening.

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Strictly fans have raged the latest star to be axed was ‘robbed’ after an ‘absolute joke’ of a dance offCredit: PA

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Sam Quek became the sixth celebrity to be sent homeCredit: PA
It saw Sam Quek and Montell Douglas end up in the dance off, despite neither couple being at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Sam and Nikita danced an American Smooth to Love Story by Taylor Swift and ended up third from bottom of the leaderboard with 29 points.

Meanwhile Montell and Johannes danced a Waltz to I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston and scored an impressive 35 points, placing them fourth on the leaderboard.

However the public vote changed all that and saw the two women end up dancing again.

After they had performed, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke unanimously voted to save Montell and Johannes.

While fans were furious at Sam’s exit, they were even more outraged that both women were in the dance off to start with.

Taking to X, one wrote: “Farewell Sam and Nikita! So robbed neither them or Montell and Johannes deserved to be in the bottom 2, they were both so robbed and so talented!”

Another added: “oh sam robbed! should’ve been two of the evil men.”

A third raged: “One of the worst Bottom 2 of all time. Super gutted for Sam for being voted off and for Montell who shouldn’t have been in the dance off in the first place.”

Meanwhile a fourth tweeted: “That #Strictly result was a travesty. What are you playing at voting public?

“Sam should no be going home, and Montel and Jojo should not have been in the dance off. Gutted to see Sam go.”

The fury at the result kept coming, as another shared: “Montell in the dance off is outrageous.

“Pete was really bad this week. Chris was OK. Even Sam who is good, shouldn’t be in the dance off.”

A fellow Strictly viewer fumed: “What an absolutely ridiculous bottom two in the dance off.”

Strictly 2024 pairings

Here’s who is matched with who this series…

Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell
Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas
JB Gill and Amy Dowden MBE
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe
Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk
Paul Merson and Karen Hauer
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał
Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez
Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec
Tom Dean MBE and Nadiya Bychkova
Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones
Sam Quek MBE and Nikita Kuzmin
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola
Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones