‘Disaster’ Susannah first to foxtrot off Strictly
SHE got one of the lowest scores in Strictly Come Dancing history for her ‘car crash’ samba in last week’s opening episode.
And last night Susannah Constantine became the first celebrity of the new series to be sent home, after scoring a pitiful 12 points for the second show in a row.
The TV fashion guru, 56, was again awarded just one out of ten by judge Craig Revel Horwood, who called her foxtrot to Frank Sinatra’s They Can’t Take That Away From Me a ‘complete dance disaster’.
Fellow judge Bruno Tonioli told her professional partner Anton du Beke he could have ‘got better movement from a lamppost’.
Miss Constantine, who had spoken of her confidence being ‘on the floor’ before the weekend’s shows, faced Blue singer Lee Ryan in the dance-off.
The foxtrot again failed to impress and Revel Horwood said it was a ‘no-brainer’ to send her home, with all four judges agreeing.
She said she would not continue dancing after her short stint on the BBC1 show, adding: ‘You’ve got to know your limitations in life, you’ve got to know what you’re good at and I’m not good at dancing!’
Miss Constantine at least did not have the embarrassment of the lowest ever score on Strictly. That remains the eight awarded to TV motoring host Quentin Willson in 2004.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the highest scores of the night went to the two celebrities with previous dance experience. Former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, 37, got 32 for her cha cha cha to Earth Wind and Fire’s Boogie Wonderland with partner Pasha Kovalev.
And Steps star Faye Tozer, 42, bagged 31 for her Viennese waltz to It’s A Man’s World by Seal with Giovanni Pernice.
Strictly pulled in almost double the audience of its ITV rival The X Factor in the Saturday evening peak time slot, with viewing figures of 8.4million compared with Simon Cowell show’s 4.4 million.