Strictly judge issues message to Katya Jones after emotional elimination

EntertainmentLifestyle
13 Dec 2025 • 4:54 PM MYT
The Independent
The Independent

The world’s most free-thinking newspaper

image is not available

Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas has issued a message of support to Katya Jones following her exit from the competition.

The dancer and her partner, Lewis Cope, were eliminated in the dance-off on Sunday (7 December).

A tearful Jones told It Takes Two, "Looking back, I can't help thinking, 'maybe I could have done things differently.'"

Speaking exclusively to The Independent, “the Queen of Latin” admitted sending the pair home was "by far the most emotional" send-off since she joined the panel in 2017.