Strictly Come Dancing fans have spotted the judges' horrified reaction to Lewis Cope's dance off on Sunday evening. The former Emmerdale actor was sent home after finding himself in the bottom two alongside Amber Davies, despite both earning some of the highest scores throughout the series.
The judges made clear their upset at seeing Lewis in the bottom two, with Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas barely able to watch the dance off. All judges agreed to save Amber, but were sad to see Lewis go home. A screengrab uploaded online shows Motsi and Shirley with their heads in their hands after Lewis's last performance, captioned: 'Motsi and Shirley’s reaction after Lewis’ dance off says it all.'
Fans commented on the reaction, with one saying: 'Semi final will be flat and wont be worth watching now as the dancers left in wont come up to anywhere near Lewis and Katya standard.' Another added: 'Such a wrong decision, I like Amber but she is from musical theatre where he’s not.' However, some insisted the writing had been on the wall, with fans preferring celebs on a dancing 'journey'.
Lewis has insisted his dance past hadn't helped him on the show. He played Billy Elliott's friend Michael in the hit musical and was part of dance troupe Ruff Diamond, who finished runner-up on Sky's Got to Dance in 2013.
