Lewis Cope and Katya Jones were in the bottom two during Sunday night's Musicals Week show (Image: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)

Strictly Come Dancing fans have reacted strongly to Sunday night’s results show which saw Lewis Cope and Katya Jones leave the competition. With emotional scenes including Shirley Ballas wiping away tears as she was forced to send home the pair, social media has also been awash with outrage.

As well as general feelings of disappointment, some have gone as far as to put the pair’s departure down to a potential "fix". However, according to a Mirror exclusive story, there is a plausible explanation as to why the Emmerdale star Lewis Cope has become the ninth star to leave the show.

Katya and Lewis were in the bottom two alongside Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin d

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