Strictly Come Dancing’s Toyah Willcox has admitted that she felt ‘floored’ after receiving the lowest score on Saturday night.
The rock and pop icon, 66, is one of the many stars participating in this year’s series of the competition alongside professional dance partner Neil Jones.
Last weekend the pair took to the dance floor for the first live show and they hoped to impress not only viewers but the judges with their tango.
However things didn’t go as planned as they found themselves at the bottom of the leaderboard. Ahead of her performance for week two on Saturday night, the singer appeared on The One Show alongside Neil and host Alex Jones and Roman Kemp and shared her thoughts on the brutal moment as she admitted that she has had ‘a lot of time to think about it.
Alex started off by saying: “Toyah congratulations. Getting the first one out of the way is often..”
Strictly star Toyah received 12 points on week one of the BBC show (Image: BBC)
Before she could finish her sentence, Toyah jumped in and said: “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 asked: “Neil obviously you’ll be hoping for better scores but I know you’re so proud of Toyah right?”
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Toyah is taking part in Strictly alongside professional dance partner Neil Jones. (Image: BBC)
Neil has nothing but good things to say as she explained: “She was brilliant. Honestly if you saw her say one then that was impressive.”
Toyah joked: “So was I rubbish?” Everyone Burst out laughing as Neil continued: “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.” Alex added: “Sometimes it’s good to have a bit of a dodgy first one then you can go from there.”