The actor, 30, and his professional partner Michelle Tsiakkas faced the dreaded dance-off against Olympian Montell Douglas, 38, and her partner Johannes Radebe during Sunday’s results show.

The second of tonight’s highlights came courtesy of Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe, as they danced a Carnival-inspired Couple’s Choice.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers have been left incensed after Pete Wicks was voted through the final five, while Montell Douglas was eliminated, with Tasha Ghouri surprisingly in the dance off.

Watch Olympian and Gladiators star Montell Douglas' emotional exit from Strictly Come Dancing, which has left viewers outraged after Pete Wicks made it into the final five despite errors in his ...

Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe After competing for Team GB as a bobsledder and sprinter, Douglas also took part in the BBC series Gladiators as “Fire”.

Despite Montell Douglas achieving a commendable score of 35 and placing fourth on the leaderboard, she unexpectedly found herself facing Wynne Evans in the dreaded dance-off.

But nowhere near as big as shock as Montell and Johannes also being in the bottom two. READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing results LIVE: Sam Quek axed after BBC dance-off defeat to Montell Douglas ...

Jamie Borthwick and his partner Michelle Tsiakkas faced Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe in the dance-off (BBC/Guy Levy) Borthwick said his ‘Strictly’ experience was magic (BBC/Guy Levy) ...

Strictly Come Dancing star Montell Douglas has outlined details of a health condition that left her hospitalised with "severe pain". Despite having a successful sprinting and bobsleigh career ...

Strictly’s Johannes Radebe to make West End debut as Kinky Boots’ drag queen - The South African dancer will play drag queen Lola in the award-winning musical at London Coliseum next year.