Strictly Come Dancing fans are convinced that one couple could be doomed ahead of this week’s elimination after being given the ‘kiss of death’.
The line-up of the 2024 competition has been gradually dwindling as we near the highly-anticipated final, with there now being just six pairs left in the running for the Glitterball Trophy.
This coming Saturday will mark the return of Musicals Week, as the celebrities and their professional dance partners perform routines inspired by plays including Wicked, Six and West Side Story.
It’s been confirmed that Gladiators star Montell Douglas and her partner Johannes Radebe will be taking on the notoriously tricky Rumba to the song I’m Here from The Color Purple… resulting in fans of the duo becoming extremely worried.
For the past two weeks, Montell, 38, and Johannes, 37, have been in the bottom two, surviving potential elimination against Wynne Evans and Katya Jones, and then Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas.
They were also in the bottom two in week seven, but were saved over Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin, meaning that they’ve been in the dance-off more times than any of the other couples in the competition.
Reacting to their upcoming Rumba routine, one Reddit user called Accomplished-Bid-373 admitted: ‘I fear Montell has received the kiss of death.’
‘Worried for Montell with a rumba this late in the series and her being in the bottom 2 so many times,’ RainbowRevolver said.
‘Montell supporters need to unite around her now,’ im_just_called_lucy added.
Reddit user VaguelyObservant said that their ‘heart dropped’ when they saw that Montell would be dancing the Rumba, adding that their dream of wanting to see her dance the Charleston ‘is slipping away’.
Heartsforariana stated that Montell fans need to rally to vote for her ‘like crazy’, while Britishloozerr called her assigned dance a ‘death sentence’ on the show.
‘Oh my god why not a Charleston for Mojo!!! Or a Jive!! These people want me
dead 😭,’ akallabeths remarked.Aside from Montell and Johannes doing the Rumba to I’m Here from The Color Purple, the other routines on Saturday night will include Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola dancing a Charleston to Popular from Wicked, and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec doing the Argentine Tango to Ex-Wives from Six.
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell will be performing the Quickstep to You’re The Top from Anything Goes, while JB Gill and Lauren Oakley will dance to Let’s Go Fly A Kite from Mary Poppins.
Then lastly, Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał will be taking to the dancefloor for a Waltz to Somewhere from West Side Story.
Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday at 7.05pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Strictly fans convinced star has been given ‘kiss of death’ ahead of next elimination