Strictly semi-finalists revealed as another star exits competition

• Actor Lewis Cope and his professional partner Katya Jones have been eliminated from BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing after losing the dance-off.
• Cope, 30, found himself in the bottom two following the public vote, competing against reality television personality Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin.
• The judging panel opted to save Davies and Kuzmin, who had previously topped Saturday’s leaderboard with their Charleston.
• Cope expressed gratitude for his time on the show, saying it was “more than I could have ever wished for” and praising Jones as a friend and teacher.
• The remaining four couples progressing to next weekend’s semi-final are Davies and Kuzmin, Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon, George Clarke and Alexis Warr, and Karen Carney and Carlos Gu.

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Strictly favourite Lewis Cope eliminated from show in tense dance-off