SHAYNE Ward’s soap star fiance Sophie Austin fought back tears they left Strictly tonight after his shock exit.
Former X Factor star Shayne, 40, went up against GoCompare star Wynne Evans and Katya Jones during Sunday’s results show.
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But Shayne was sent packing after head judge Shirley Ballas chose to save Wynne, despite two judges voting to save the ex Corrie star.
After being booted off the dance competition, Shayne was seen departing the BBC studios with his partner.
Ex-Hollyoaks actress Sophie, 40, looked visibly emotional as she comforted the former Coronation Street star.
Sophie was said to be gutted that Shayne missed out a spot at the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
Shayne explained that his mum was too ill to travel to Elstree Studios in London and had hoped to make it through to the next round so his mum could attend and watch him dance.
A close friend was seen holding the dreaded bunch of flowers that the voted off celebrity gets when they leave the show.
It comes after fans were left furious at the outcome tonight.
Both couples performed their routines again; Shayne and Nancy took to the dancefloor with their Rumba to Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper.
Then, Wynne and Katya performed their American Smooth to Grace Kelly by MIKA.
After both couples had danced a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts.
Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Shayne and Nancy and Motsi Mabuse also picked to save Shayne and Nancy.
But Anton Du Beke chose to save Wynne and Katya.
With two votes in favour of Shayne and Nancy, the decision came down to Head Judge Shirley Ballas, who decided to save Wynne and Katya. As Head Judge, Shirley’s was the deciding vote, meaning that Shayne and Nancy would be leaving the competition.
When asked by Tess about his time on the show, an emotional Shayne said: “I just want to say, you guys up there [the other contestants in the Clauditorium] are a dream.
“Every single day, coming in here and seeing you guys you helped me so much.
“I want to say thank you to the audience as well, for always being amazing for us all. This has been, honestly, one of the best things I’ve ever done.”
He added: “I’m proud that I made it to eight weeks as a novice dancer. A massive thank you goes to this incredible human right next to me [Nancy], who has put so much fire in me and made me believe that I can actually achieve more if I let myself go.
“I’m sorry it didn’t work out to the end, but I’m super proud that I got to meet you [to Nancy] and dance with you, so thank you.”
Pro dancer Nancy also praised her partnership with the former soap star and said he should be “proud” of himself.
Nancy said: “I’m beyond proud of this dance partnership. Shayne from week one until this point, every second you put your feet on the dancefloor you improved yourself. You’re a deep thinker, you always doubt yourself, you never believed yourself, but I never ever questioned you.
“When I watch you, I feel proud because I’ve turned someone who has never ever danced in their life into an amazing dancer. You should believe in yourself. I adored this partnership.”
But some fans were not happy with the decision and called it a “fix”.
One wrote: “Why are the judges saving Wynne, he wasn’t great tonight and deserved to go over Shayne.”
A second echoed: “It’s clearly a fix to get Wynne to the final.”
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A third said: “Wow Wynne saved but Shayne’s gone, that’s not right. Wynne was no way as near as good as Shayne.”
“It’s a fix fix fix, Shirley and Anton have got it wrong,” a fourth added.
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