It was always going to be a tough night for fans of the BBC1 show but the celebrity voted out of the quarter finals proved hugely controversial

Furious fans threatened to boycott Strictly Come Dancing tonight as one of the favourites to lift the glitterball trophy unexpectedly got their marching orders from the show.

Former Emmerdale star Lewis Cope became the latest star to be voted off, following a dance-off with Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin in which the judges unanimously chose to save Amber. Some viewers were left so enraged by his departure ahead of next week’s semi-final, after the judges ruled his salsa was “not his best” effort, that they vowed to stop watching. Lewis ’s devastated pro partner Katya Jones clearly agreed that his exit was too early as she branded him “

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