Strictly Come Dancing’s Paul Merson & Karen Hauer take subtle swipe at Toyah Wilcox after beating her in tense dance-off --[Reported by Umva mag]

STRICTLY Come Dancing stars Paul Merson and Karen Hauer appeared to take a subtle pop at axed contestant Toyah Wilcox with a very telling comment. The pair are currently competing together on the BBC dance contest but were left on the verge of going home after making it into the dreaded dance-off last weekend. BBCPaul and Karen appeared to take a pop at Toyah’s dancing ability on It Takes Two[/caption] BBCKaren suggested that they could easily beat Toyah on the show[/caption] PAToyah and Neil were eliminated from the contest[/caption] Paul and Karen were forced to dance for survival against Toyah Wilcox and her partner Neil Jones and thanks to the decision by the judging panel, were ultimately saved to dance again next weekend. This meant that Toyah and Neil were given the boot and became the second pair to leave the show. During an appearance on tonight’s It Takes Two, Paul appeared to reveal that he and Karen had taken a subtle swipe at Toyah before taking part in the dance-off last weekend. Speaking to show host Fleur East about the words of encouragement he received from Karen prior to taking to the floor, he bluntly admitted: “[Karen] told me to just enjoy it and that it is lucky it is Toyah and it’s either heads or tails.” Quickly laughing off her swipe at Toyah, Karen then placed her hand on Paul’s knee after he shared her damning comment. Paul further admitted he believed he had the chance to succeed against Toyah as he said: “When it was Toyah, it was a flip of a coin so I knew I had a chance.” All of the panel opted to save Paul during the tense dance-off on Sunday night. Craig put his decision down to bad “timing” and “loss of balance” on Toyah’s part. Turning to her show partner, the singer said of their connection: “It was immediate. It had to be Neil. I felt so comfortable and safe. You’re a great teacher and friend as well.” Viewers had previously been left convinced that show bosses were trying to get rid of her, thanks to an ‘obvious clue’. Toyah and Neil were chosen to perform their Samba second during yesterday’s Movie Week instalment. Many took to X, formerly Twitter, to complain that she had been given the dreaded “death slot” by going second. The “death slot” refers to the place in the running order which is least likely to throw up success. It left fans to suspect that the Beeb secretly wanted to get the 80s pop singer out by giving her the spot. Writing online, one fan said: “Toyah has the death slot, seems like they want her to go now that she’s made it to Movie Week.” Another added: “A Samba and Toyah is in the death spot. OH DEAR!” Strictly Curse - The Lowdown STRICTLY Come Dancing's latest series has already been hit by rumours of a BBC show 'curse' - yet what is it? A host of Strictly Come Dancing stars have been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past two decades. This is where celebrities who may or may not be attached in the outside world become more than friends with their professional partners. A total of 20 relationships are said to have been impacted so far over the show’s 20 years. It has seen relationships crumble with dance floor romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame. This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp as well as Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer. Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I think of it as a blessing, to be honest. One person is married, the other one had a girlfriend but my point in this entire thing is: if you come on Strictly, sometimes you are in a relationship that is not working anyway. “There has to be something wrong in your relationship before it all goes awry.” Series one winner Brendan Cole left his fiancé, fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the very first series in spring 2004. Brendan was said to have fallen for his celebrity partner and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, although the duo didn’t confirm they were romantically involved. PAPaul and Karen won the dance-off[/caption]

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Paul Merson & Karen Hauer take subtle swipe at Toyah Wilcox after beating her in tense dance-off --[Reported by Umva mag]

STRICTLY Come Dancing stars Paul Merson and Karen Hauer appeared to take a subtle pop at axed contestant Toyah Wilcox with a very telling comment.

The pair are currently competing together on the BBC dance contest but were left on the verge of going home after making it into the dreaded dance-off last weekend.

a man and a woman are sitting next to each other on a couch .

Paul and Karen appeared to take a pop at Toyah’s dancing ability on It Takes Two[/caption]

BBCKaren suggested that they could easily beat Toyah on the show[/caption]

a man in a green shirt is dancing with a woman in a wig

Toyah and Neil were eliminated from the contest[/caption]

Paul and Karen were forced to dance for survival against Toyah Wilcox and her partner Neil Jones and thanks to the decision by the judging panel, were ultimately saved to dance again next weekend.

This meant that Toyah and Neil were given the boot and became the second pair to leave the show.

During an appearance on tonight’s It Takes Two, Paul appeared to reveal that he and Karen had taken a subtle swipe at Toyah before taking part in the dance-off last weekend.

Speaking to show host Fleur East about the words of encouragement he received from Karen prior to taking to the floor, he bluntly admitted: “[Karen] told me to just enjoy it and that it is lucky it is Toyah and it’s either heads or tails.”

Quickly laughing off her swipe at Toyah, Karen then placed her hand on Paul’s knee after he shared her damning comment.

Paul further admitted he believed he had the chance to succeed against Toyah as he said: “When it was Toyah, it was a flip of a coin so I knew I had a chance.”

All of the panel opted to save Paul during the tense dance-off on Sunday night.

Craig put his decision down to bad “timing” and “loss of balance” on Toyah’s part.

Turning to her show partner, the singer said of their connection: “It was immediate. It had to be Neil. I felt so comfortable and safe. You’re a great teacher and friend as well.”

Viewers had previously been left convinced that show bosses were trying to get rid of her, thanks to an ‘obvious clue’.

Toyah and Neil were chosen to perform their Samba second during yesterday’s Movie Week instalment.

Many took to X, formerly Twitter, to complain that she had been given the dreaded “death slot” by going second.

The “death slot” refers to the place in the running order which is least likely to throw up success.

It left fans to suspect that the Beeb secretly wanted to get the 80s pop singer out by giving her the spot.

Writing online, one fan said: “Toyah has the death slot, seems like they want her to go now that she’s made it to Movie Week.”

Another added: “A Samba and Toyah is in the death spot. OH DEAR!”

Strictly Curse - The Lowdown

STRICTLY Come Dancing's latest series has already been hit by rumours of a BBC show 'curse' - yet what is it?

A host of Strictly Come Dancing stars have been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past two decades.

This is where celebrities who may or may not be attached in the outside world become more than friends with their professional partners.

A total of 20 relationships are said to have been impacted so far over the show’s 20 years.

It has seen relationships crumble with dance floor romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame.

This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp as well as Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer.

Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I think of it as a blessing, to be honest. One person is married, the other one had a girlfriend but my point in this entire thing is: if you come on Strictly, sometimes you are in a relationship that is not working anyway.

“There has to be something wrong in your relationship before it all goes awry.”

Series one winner Brendan Cole left his fiancé, fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the very first series in spring 2004.

Brendan was said to have fallen for his celebrity partner and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, although the duo didn’t confirm they were romantically involved.

a man in a cowboy hat is dancing with a woman

Paul and Karen won the dance-off[/caption]

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