Lewis Cope and Katya Jones with host Tess Daly (Image: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were stunned tonight after Lewis Cope and his partner Katya Jones were voted out of the BBC series, but others think they have worked out what really happened.

Their West Side Story salsa routine received an impressive 35 points from the judges yesterday and they were widely regarded as favourites to win this season. However, Lewis, a 30 year-old actor , found himself in the bottom two after the public vote, facing off against reality TV star Amber Davies and her dance partner Nikita Kuzmin following a public vote.

After the dance-of f, the judges decided to save Amber and Nikita, who had topped Saturday’s leaderboard following their Charleston to Sit Down You’re Ro

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