Robbie savaged for striptease stunt
Another 'Strictly Come Dancing' celebrity contestant will waltz off the show tonight after the viewers’ votes are combined with the judges scores.
Robbie Savage raised eyebrows in last night’s show with a striptease stunt that saw him whip off his trousers as he danced the samba.
It was not quite the Full Monty, but the ex-footballer did reveal his legs during the routine, which he performed with his partner Ola Jordan to the Hot Chocolate hit 'You Sexy Thing'.
As the dance neared its climax, Savage stripped down to a pair of bright blue football shorts, accompanied by a pair of blue football socks.
It was, as the show’s host Bruce Forsyth remarked, perhaps the first time any male legs had been seen on the BBC One programme.
But the saucy caper was not to everyone’s taste.
Judge Craig Revel Horwood dismissed the dance as “way too extravagant”, quipping that Savage’s fingers looked like they belonged in a 10-pin bowling ball.
He reserved his harshest criticism for the strip routine however.
“That last bit, the gratuitous sort of inane reveal to no avail, was inessential,” he said.
Judge Bruno Tonioli was also scathing, telling Savage his samba was “like a kangaroo with lead feet”.
Savage, 37, was awarded 25 out of 40 points overall.
Harry Judd, from boy band McFly, put him to shame when he won the highest score of the series so far.
Judges awarded him and his partner Aliona Vilani a total of 39 out of 40 for their quickstep – despite Revel Horwood accusing Judd of having a “lazy left foot”.
The pair also came top in the “swingathon” that provided the finale to the show.
The energetic dance-off by all the contestants saw Savage and his partner booted off first and awarded only one point.
Earlier on the show, the tables appeared to turn for Holly Valance, who found herself in the bottom two last week.
The Australian actress, dressed in a slinky red dress, wowed judges as she performed a spirited Foxtrot with partner Artem Chigvintsev.
Tonioli summed up her performance with the words: “Breathtaking, sexy, hot, everything I wanted from you. That’s the way to go,” and Alesha Dixon added: “You totally owned it Holly, well done.”
Viewers will learn the fate of the seven remaining contestants – who include Chelsee Healey, Jason Donovan, Alex Jones and Anita Dobson – in the BBC One show airing at 7.25pm today.
