The Emmerdale actor, who was partnered with Katya Jones, failed to survive the dance-off (Image: BBC )

Head judge Shirley Ballas has admitted she couldn't sleep after Lewis Cope was sent home from Strictly Come Dancing .

The Emmerdale actor, who was partnered with Katya Jones, failed to survive the dance-off and Shirley clearly couldn't stop thinking about his exit.

Appearing on It Takes Two, she told host Fleur East, she's been unable to sleep ahead of the semi-final.

Fleur asked: "How excited for being here are you now we're less than 24 hours away from this year's semi-final?"

"Well 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 is going to go at the moment," Shirley replied.

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