Strictly Come Dancing star, Lewis Cope, was given the boot from the show on Sunday, with some fans claiming he had an unfair advantage because of his musical theatre background

Lewis Cope's girlfriend has hit out at critics after the Emmerdale star got the chop from Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday. The actor, 30, lost out on the chance to perform in the semi-finals of the star-studded show after losing the dance-off to Love Island star, Amber Davies , and her professional partner, Nikita Kuzmin .

Many viewers were heartbroken to see Lewis leave and even threatened to boycott Strictly . However, there were some who claimed to have predicted his exit, citing his background in musical theatre as one of the reasons why. Lewis performed in a West End production of Billy Elliot to

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