‘It is a double elimination,’ host Tom Bergeron told them. ‘You’re both going home.’
Tom and co-host Erin Andrews had been clearly taken aback at the result as it was handed to them by someone dressed as the Grim Reaper.
The audience booed as the judges also looked to be upset by the surprise double axing.
It was even more unexpected that it was the two women sent home, with Vanessa having had her best week — and others like Frankie Muniz and Drew Scott faltering badly.