Tuesday 27 October 2009

Jo and Brendan axed after 'dance disaster'

Jo Wood and her partner Brendan Cole became the next couple to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing last Saturday.

Jo and Brendan received the lowest ever samba score on Saturday with a terrible mark of 14 from the judges, leaving her bottom of the leader board. Judges Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli called their performance 'a dance disaster' and 'samba hell'.

Not surprisingly Jo and Brendan found themselves in the dance off. They were joined, more surprisingly by athlete Jade Johnson and her partner Ian Waite, who scored an impressive 32 out of 40 for their samba earlier in the evening. Both couples danced again and as expected the judges choose to save Jade and Ian, meaning rock-chick Jo and feisty partner Brendan had to leave the competition.

Actress Ali Bastian and her partner Brian Fortuna received the highest mark of the night and the series so far of 37 for a beautifully performed American Smooth.

Off the dance floor Strictly Come Dancing once again lost out in the ratings war to ITV rival X Factor, for the sixth week in a row. X Factor averaged an impressive 10.9 million viewers whilst Strictly struggled with an average of 7.6 million.

The two shows will a avoid head-to-head clash next weekend because BBC bosses have moved Strictly to an earlier slot of 6.25pm so they can broadcast the annual Festival of Remembrance.

Picture from TV.com

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