BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland takes 'compliment' in 'gracious' response to co-star's surprise 'dig'

Chris McCausland has poured water over fans' concerns that one of his Strictly Come Dancing co-stars had made a pointed dig amid their exit from the show.

During the latest live edition of the BBC One dance contest, comedian Chris and his dance partner Dianne Buswell impressed once again as they scored 30 out of a possible 40 points for their Wayne’s World-inspired jive in the annual Movie Week special.

During the sawm show, Strictly fans also saw singer Toyah Wilcox and her pro dance partner Neil Jones score the lowest mark of the night with 15 after performing their samba to Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid.

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They later faced the dreaded dance-off for a second week in a row and after they danced-off against former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson and his partner Karen Hauer during the results show on Sunday night (October 6), it was Toyah and Neil who were given the boot.

Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke all chose to save Paul and Karen, automatically sending Toyah and Neil home, with head judge Shirley Ballas then agreeing she would also have saved the former England international after they reprised their Cha Cha to the Them from The Magnificent Seven.

Toyah and Neil went on to make an appearance on Strictly's spin-off show It Takes Two to discuss their exit and time on the show. And it was when asked by Fleur what advice or tips she had for the other celebrities, that Toyah laughed and clapped, then pointed to the camera and said: "If you don’t want to do a dance-off, get rid of Chris!"

Neil and Fleur then seemed to share a surprised glance as Toyah collapsed into her pro partner’s lap