No one was expecting Katya Jones and Lewis Cope - who last month scored the first perfect score of the series - to not make the final

Katya Jones has spoken out after her and Lewis Cope's controversial exit from Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday. The pair caused uproar when they went out of the competition in Musicals Week after judges Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood were not impressed by their salsa to a track from Guys and Dolls.

But many viewers threatened to boycott the show as a result, with scores of fans declaring that the former Emmerdale actor was “my winner” and insisting they wouldn’t watch the rest of the series.

On Sunday night, Katya - who hasn’t won since 2017 when she lifted the glitterball with actor Joe McFadden - wept as they lost the dance off to Am

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