Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood sends Ellie Taylor to the bottom of the leaderboard with a score of 5

Ellie Taylor was at the bottom of the leaderboard on Saturday night’s episode of Strictly Come Dancing.

The comedian performed an energetic jive with partner Johannes Radebe, but failed to impress notoriously stern judge Craig Revel Horwood – who only gave the dance five points out of ten.

Although she managed to brush off the score saying, “At least it wasn’t a four,” many fans took to social media to share their anger at the harsh score.

‘At least it wasn’t a four!’: Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood sent Ellie Taylor to the bottom of the leaderboard with a score of 5 on Saturday’s episode

Ellie and Johannes took to the dance floor in matching pink plaid shirts for the fun performance.

But when he opened the comments afterwards, Craig said, “You got off to a bad start, it was bland I’m afraid.”

Motsi Mabuse told them, ‘You had the fun of Jive. I like the whole look. I got two sections for you, I got the performance that I think gets better and then I technically… you had the taste of the Jive, which was nice to see.”

While head judge Shirley Ballas had reservations about Ellie’s technique, she told the comedian, “I loved the theme, I thought the story was good, but for me the technique was completely lacking.

Not a fan: ‘You got off on the wrong foot, it was bland I’m afraid,’ Craig said as he marked the performance

Time to jive! The comedian performed an energetic jive with partner Johannes Radebe, as they donned matching pink plaid shirts

“It looked quite heavy and a bit flat-footed. There’s no doubt about it, your personality is outstanding, but in week 10 I’d like a little bit of both if we can.’

More positively, Anton Du Beke added: ‘I like the way you perform your songs. You could be a music theater star, you have a great characterization… I loved it, well done.’

Craig gave his score and bid five, Shirley gave six, while both Motsi and Anton gave sevens, 25 in total – leaving them at the bottom of the standings.

Disappointing: Craig gave his score and bid five, Shirley gave six, while both Motsi and Shirley gave sevens, 25 in total – leaving them at the bottom of the leaderboard

“At least it wasn’t four,” Ellie replied, covering her eyes and tucking her head into John’s chest as he scored.

While the star, who was previously at the bottom of the leaderboard, seemed able to laugh at the disappointing feedback, many viewers weren’t so forgiving when they took to social media.

“I don’t care what the judges say / I enjoyed Ellie and Johannes’ jive – it was camp, cute and they had fun,” one fan wrote.

While many fought for both Ellie and Helen Skelton (who also got a five from the judge), with one viewer writing, “Craig is just ridiculous. Neither Ellie nor Helen should have gotten a 5′.

Outrage: While the star seemed able to laugh off the disappointing feedback, many viewers weren’t so forgiving when they took to social media

“There was no way a 5 could say who wants Craig home, Helen or Ellie, totally undermarked,” another joked.

Elsewhere in the show, Will Mellor topped the standings, scoring 38 points out of a possible 40 with his impressive Charleston.

And one dance duo just misses next week’s semi-finals, as the show returns tomorrow, Sunday, November 27, to announce the result of the public vote and send home one celebrity.