Strictly Come Dancing 's Shirley Ballas has revealed that she was left "crying" and unable to sleep after the controversial elimination of Lewis Cope last weekend. The Emmerdale actor and his partner Katya Jones found themselves in the dance-off against Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin, despite the two couples being the highest-scorers of the series.

Appearing on spin-off It Takes Two tonight, Shirley told host Fleur East that she found the whole thing "quite difficult".

Speaking ahead of tomorrow's semi-final, she said: "I didn't sleep yesterday, I didn't sleep when Lewis got eliminated. And I probably won't sleep tonight, because you never know where the show's going to go at the moment.

"It's not set, it could be anyone who goes home and anyone who can win. So it's going to be v

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