Shayne Ward has admitted he knew he was going to get eliminated from Strictly this week. The former X Factor star received his marching orders from the BBC ballroom show on Sunday, 10 November. It was his third time in the dance-off, but he said this time he just knew his name was going to be called out.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Nancy Xu has called out the show’s judges what she deemed to be “unfair” treatment of her celebrity partner Shayne Ward after his surprise exit. The latest episode of the BBC dancing competition saw the former X Factor winner and Coronation Street star eliminated in a result that many viewers believed was a consequence of being allocated the rumba – a dance considered particularly challenging.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Shayne Ward has said he “felt like this was it” just before the judges chose to kick him out of the dance competition. The Coronation Street s