Strictly Come Dancing’s Toyah Willcox has confessed to feeling ‘floored’ after receiving the lowest score on Saturday night.
The 66 year old rock and pop icon is among the stars participating in this year’s series of the BBC competition, partnered with professional dancer Neil Jones.
Last weekend, the duo took to the dance floor for the first live show, hoping to impress both viewers and judges with their tango.
However, things didn’t go as planned, and they found themselves at the bottom of the leader board. Ahead of her performance for week two on Saturday night, the singer appeared on The One Show alongside Neil and hosts Alex Jones and Roman Kemp, sharing her thoughts on the harsh moment and admitting she’s had ‘a lot of time to think about it.
Alex began by saying: “Toyah congratulations. Getting the first one out of the way is often..”, reports the Express.
Before she could finish her sentence, Toyah interjected: “It’s terrifying.” Alex asked: “Did it feel more scary than you imagined? “.
Toyah explained: “Yes it’s a completely new experience. I’ve done so many festivals this year yet Strictly feels like a wrecking ball coming towards you that you can’t stop but I really loved the experience.”
Speaking about the judges’ scores, she continued:”When the judges gave their opinions I was floored, absolutely floored but I’ve had a lot of time to think about it and they were right. I need to pull it back and control myself.”
Roman posed the question: “Neil obviously you’ll be hoping for better scores but I know you’re so proud of Toyah right? “.
Neil was full of praise as he commented: “She was brilliant. Honestly if you saw her say one then that was impressive.”
Toyah quipped: “So was I rubbish? ” which led to laughter all around as Neil went on: “She was great and I remember saying ‘don’t worry about the scores’ because that is a starting point and we can build from that.”
“We’ve got 12 points and anything above that great and anything below we can work on that.” To this, Alex noted: “Sometimes it’s good to have a bit of a dodgy first one then you can go from there.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One and iPlayer