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Lewis Cope has branded Katya Jones his 'hero' as he shared a moving message about his 'sad' Strictly Come Dancing exit. The pair found themselves in the dreaded dance-off following the BBC One show's Musicals Week special on Saturday (December 6) after they received 35 points from the judges following their salsa to Dance At The Gym from West Side Story.

Despite finishing joint second on the leaderboard, Lewis and Katya subsequently lost out on a place in the semi-final when judges chose to save West End star Amber Davies and professional Nikita Kuzmin.

Their exit from the competition almost a week after Lewis and Katya topped the Strictly leaderboard after they won the first Instant Dance challenge, and just a couple of weeks after they got their second perfect score

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