After a samba to Hakuna Matata from The Lion King as part of Movie Week, Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice became the second couple to leave the BBC One dance contest on Sunday night. The Radio 2 presenter and his professional dance partner found themselves in the bottom two in the results show against Fleur East and Vito Coppola.
After Fleur reprised her American smooth to Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid and Richie and Giovanni served up another samba, it was the end of the Strictly journey for the pair. Richie and Giovanni donned elaborate cuddly costumes for their performance with Richie dressed as mischievous meerkat Timon, while reigning Strictly champ Gio dressed as warthog Pumbaa.
Strictly fans flocked to social media to share the reason they think Richie and Giovanni got the chop so early in the competition. @liv_liv_liv__ tweeted: "The stupid outfits didn’t help Richie and Giovanni one bit #strictly."
