Strictly’s Shayne and Nancy’s exit speech reveals fury over exit as ‘trained celebs’ avoid dance off AGAIN
STRICTLY'S Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu’s exit speech revealed their fury over their exit as the ‘trained celebs’ avoided the dance off AGAIN.
Sunday night's instalment of the BBC show saw Shayne and Nancy danced against Wynne Evans and Katya Jones.
Craig and Motsi decided to save Shayne, while Anton and Shirley picked Wynne.
Both Shayne and Nancy made a point in their speeches that Shayne is a novice - and some of the other celebrities aren't.
Tasha Ghouri, Sarah Hadland and Jamie Borthwick are all trained and avoided the dance off.
Shayne said: "I just want to say first of all, you guys up there are a dream.
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"I want to say thank you to the audience for always being amazing for us all.
"This has been honestly one of the best things I've ever done.
"I'm proud that I made it to eight weeks and as a novice dancer.
"My massive thank you goes to this incredible human here."
Nancy added; "I am beyond proud of this dance partnership.
"I must say Shayne until week one, until this point, every second, you put your feet on the dance floor, you improve yourself.
"You're a deep thinker, you always doubted yourself, you never believed yourself, but I never ever questioned you, your dance skill, I feel proud.
"I feel proud, I have turned someone who has never ever danced in their life become an amazing dancer."
Fans were gutted over the decision.
One said on X: "I’m obsessed with angry Nancy staring the abysmal Shirley and Anton down.
"Yes, Shayne had been in the dance-off 3 times out of 7, but it should be about saving the best dancers. There was no contest between him and Wynne #strictly."
Another added: "Feel so heartbroken for #shayne, that his mum won't see him dance in Blackpool. He should.go anyway and rip.up the dance floor during the obvious break they have between shows."
"Am really sorry to see Shayne go, and as with all the other posts Ive seen, I feel he was robbed. I thought this was a dancing competition - looks like it has been proved otherwise," a third chimed in.
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A fourth tweeted: "They should at least let Shayne do his dance at Blackpool for his mum, seeing the result was so close!"
Strictly stars at risk of the axe in 2025
Gorka Marquez joined Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer in 2016 when he was partnered with EastEnders actress Tameka Empson. The following year he was partnered with singer Alexandra Burke. They reached the final and finished as one of the runners-up.
In 2020, he was partnered with actress Maisie Smith. Again, he made it to the final and finished as a runner-up.
He failed to make it third time lucky in 2022, finishing runner-up again with Helen Skelton.
Nadiya Bychkova joined the show in 2017 with EastEnders actor Davood Ghadami. The pair reached Week 11, finishing in 6th place.
Her best performance to date came in 2021 when she finished fifth with Dan Walker.
Neil Jones has been without a celebrity partner more times than he's had one since joining in 2016.
His best finish was with ex-footballer Alex Scott in 2019, finishing in fifth.
Katya Jones was another 2016 addition and made an instant impression with politician Ed Balls. Their Gangnam Style routine is still a favourite to this day.
In 2017 she lifted the Glitterball with Joe McFadden.
The following year she was at the heart of a show scandal after snogging her dance partner, the comedian Seann Walsh.
Karen Hauer has been an ever-present since 2012.
Despite her lengthy association with the show, she's never lifted the Glitterball. The closest she came was in 2020 when she finished runner-up with Jamie Laing.