The Emmerdale star and Katya were unexpectedly dumped from the competition - but viewers think they know why.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were in shock tonight after a show favourite was unexpectedly dumped from the BBC series. Lewis Cope and Katya Jones are out after their West Side Story salsa failed to impress either the judges or the voting public in one of the biggest upsets in the show's history..

While many couldn't quite believe it, some insisted the writing had been on the wall for a while, with fans turning away from the polished and professional - Lewis has appeared in the dance musical Billy Elliott as a child - towards stars with a story they could buy into - or, to use the TV term, a "journey".

One fan posted: "Some of us want to see people on a 'journey' still. To

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