Strictly Come Dancing 2023 fans blame 'horrific' song choice for dance-off disaster!

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 viewers reckon a bad choice of song was responsible for landing one contestant in the first dance off of this year's competition.

Nikita Kanda, with her partner Gorka Marquez, had to dance off against Les Dennis and Nancy Xu to stay in Strictly Come Dancing for another week.

And while viewers were in agreement that veteran entertainer Les deserved to be in the bottom two, despite his enthusiasm, some fans were quick to point the finger at what was the blame for Nikita landing in the dance off.

The music!

Nikita and Gorka danced a charleston to an, ahem, interesting version of the iconic Beyonce track Single Ladies.

And the viewers did not like it one bit!

In fact they disliked it so intently that they reckoned it was the music that was to blame for Nikita ending up in the bottom two.

Harsh? Perhaps, but the fans were convinced!

"One of the things that let Nikita K down this week was definitely the music," one disgruntled fan wrote, while another shared a comedy gif of Beyonce looking shocked!

Another viewer said the version of the song was "horrid" and another called it "shocking". Another pulled no punches, saying the song was "horrific".

One fan pointed out that Beyonce's song has an iconic dance, which was totally lacking in Nikita and Gorka's performance!

And one fan said bluntly that the couple were in the dance off "purely because of the music they danced to".

Bad music or not, Nikita and Gorka managed to avoid being sent home when they were saved by the judges.

Meaning their dance-off rivals Les and Nancy are out of the competition.

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 continues next Saturday on BBC One. Check our TV Guide for more information.