Scott Mills has departed Strictly Come Dancing after his Addams Family turn spooked the judges.

On Saturday night he dressed as Uncle Fester from the TV series for a Foxtrot as the 11 remaining competitors performed Halloween-themed dances.

Alison Hammond, Aljaz Skorjanec (left) who have won the Strictly Come Dancing dance-off contest against Joanne Clifton partner Scott Mills (right) who have departed the competition after their Addams Family turn spooked the judges during the live show on BBC One.
(Guy Levy/BBC/PA)

Bookmakers made Mills favourite for elimination and he was in the bottom two with Alison Hammond after the judges’ scores were combined with public votes.

Both couples performed their routines again and Craig Revel Horwood, Darcy Bussell and Bruno Tonioli chose to save Hammond and her partner Aljaz Skorjanec.

Revel Horwood said: “I would like to save the couple that threw the kitchen sink at the routine – extra turns and all sorts of wafting. That is Alison and Aljaz.”

Bussell said: “The couple I would like to save is also because of its added flourishes in performance. That is Alison and Aljaz.”

Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly (left) and dance partners Scott Mills and Joanne Clifton.
(Guy Levy/BBC/PA)

Head judge Len Goodman disagreed and said he would have opted to save Mills and his partner Joanne Clifton.

He said: “Had it been left to me, I thought they were both so much fun. They were both dancing the foxtrot so I went for the section which was the foxtrot and in that case, it would have been Scott that I would have saved.”

Mills said: “It’s something that I never thought I would do and I’m so glad that I said yes to it because it’s been the most fun I’ve ever had.”

Referring to his partner, he said: “We’ve become friends so it’s really sweet. It doesn’t really end for me here because I’ll still see her.”

Clifton said: “He’s made my first experience of Strictly so special. He’s the best partner I could have asked for.

“We’ve had so much fun and I’m just so proud of him. He’s come from absolutely nowhere and I think loads of people at home can relate to him – he’s got two left feet – but coming out in front of everybody and just performing in front of millions of people each week, I’m so proud of him.”

The results show featured a performance from Annie Lennox singing I Put a Spell on You.