It was the end of the line for Kaye Adams on Saturday night as she was the first to be voted off this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing.
But her ITV co-stars have come to her defence and slammed the BBC show, claiming Kaye was "robbed" of a chance to show what she was made of.
Jane Moore was the first to jump to her co-star's defence on Monday's instalment of Loose Women.
"I have to say, she was robbed. I thought she did so brilliantly and for me, she is what the Strictly journey is supposed to be all about.
"She'd never danced, she's not a performer, she was well outside her comfort zone, she was the first to admit it and she improved immensely from the first week to the second and yet she found herself out."
Janet Street-Porter chimed in and agreed: "I think it's really unfair. I sent her a text last night. I said 'you showed such guts going it, I really think it shows guts."
She went on to speculate that there was "something else at work" with the public voting.
"I think women of a certain age have a tough time when they enter something like Strictly."
The hit BBC ballroom dance show returned for its second week live on Saturday evening, as the celebrities sashayed onto the dance floor with their professional partners once again.
The 20th series of Strictly is once again being hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, with Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke returning as judges.
The 15 Strictly couples took to the dancefloor for their second performances in front of the judges – with the pressure on to get their steps right as the phone lines opened after the show for the first time this season.
The contestants' scores from last week were carried over to this weekend to be combined with the viewers' votes, with the lowest scoring couples going head to head in the first dance off of 2022.
Loose Women star Kaye became the first contestant to leave Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday evening after she faced Matt Goss in the dreaded dance off.
After the bottom two were revealed, both couples performed their Saturday routines again, with Kaye and her dance partner Kai Widdrington performing their Charleston to Music! Music! Music! by Dorothy Provine.
Then, Matt and his dance partner Nadiya Bychkova performed their Samba to Night Fever by the Bee Gees in a bid to impress the judges and remain in the competition.
After both couples had danced a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts and Craig was the first to save Matt and Nadiya.
Motsi then chose to save the same pair, as she noted that both made mistakes, adding: “I feel like they were on the same level, but one couple was a little bit better for me, and I am saving Matt and Nadiya.”
Anton similarly noted it ‘wasn’t a vintage dance off’, adding: “I’ve been in that position many times myself and I think if you had the chance you would like to go again, both of you.
“There were a lot of mistakes for both couples, I felt that one couple lost performance as well, and because of that I would like to save Matt and Nadiya.”
With three votes in favour of Matt, it meant they had won the majority vote and would be leaving the competition regardless, however head judge Shirley said she would have decided to save Kaye and Kai.
Strictly Come Dancing returns on October 8 at 6:30pm for Movie Week
