Strictly Come Dancing fans were left shocked after professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin took his shirt off during the dance off.

The 23 year old dancer, who was eliminated from the competition on Sunday night with his celebrity partner Tilly Ramsay, 20, performed their Samba to Levitating by Dua Lipa in a bid to impress the judges and secure their place in the quarter finals.

However, while the pair failed to secure a place in the BBC competition next Saturday, viewers could not help but get distracted as Nikita ripped his shirt off during the vibrant routine.

The pink and purple shirt became unbuttoned at one point in the dance off before Nikita chose to completely take it off as the pair went all-out in their final performance.

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Strictly Come Dancing fans were left shocked after professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin took his shirt off

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Meanwhile fans took to Twitter as they applauded his toned physique while others were left in total shock.

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Fans took to Twitter as they applauded his toned physique
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The pair were eliminated in the dance off

One penned: "Nikita's shirt is like 'it's show time'."

Another said: "Love Nikita taking his top didn’t really look at the dance much after he was half naked lol."

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Nikita went all-out during the competition

A third said: "Oh Nikita!! Really pushing it, shirt off. Bless. This is so sad. Really unfair."

Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Rhys and Nancy and said: “Well on Saturday night, I gave both couples seven, so in my head they are equal.

"The dance off proved that they both improved enormously, although one was quite flashy and semi naked [in reference to the fact Nikita’s shirt came off during their dance off performance]. But, I’d like to save Rhys and Nancy.”

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Tilly and Nikita scored 30 points from the four judges on Saturday night
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Craig commented on the 'semi naked' performance

Tilly and Nikita scored 30 points from the four judges on Saturday night while her proud father Gordon Ramsay, 55, was seen wiping away tears as he sat in the audience along with wife Tana Ramsay.

Speaking about their time on the show, Tilly said: “I’d just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has made this an amazing, positive journey for me. From everyone here to backstage, wardrobe, make up and camera crew. It’s just been the most extraordinary time.

"I found out something about myself that I didn’t know I could do, I didn’t know I could dance and have fun like this. So a massive thank you and, obviously, a huge thank you to Nikita who has guided me out of my shell and has just made this the most amazing experience.”