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STRICTLY Come Dancing fans were in shock after their "favourite" contestant, James Bye, was booted off after a fierce dance off. Fans of the EastEnders actor were left "sad to see James Bye leave" Strictly Come Dancing, after he "did his best" in a brutal dance off along with partner Amy Dowden, against Fleur East and Vito Coppola. James and Amy gave it their all as they performed a Charleston for the Halloween Strictly special, dancing to Bumble Bee, by LaVern Baker, whislt donning beekeeper and bee costumes.

Strictly Come Dancing stars James Bye and Amy Dowden appeared on Lorraine on Thursday morning (October 20) and teased a major "surprise" for his next routine.Sitting down with Ranvir Singh on the ITV show they discussed their upcoming foxtrot, which they will perform on Saturday (October 22).The dancing duo revealed a big "surprise" twist while sharing the sweet advice that reigning champion Rose Ayling-Ellis gave them.READ NEXT: Strictly Come Dancing's Kym Marsh apologises after daughter posts on her InstagramTo celebrate the BBC turning 100, James and Amy will be dancing to the EastEnders theme song – but not as we know it, apparently.Paying homage to the soap that James stars in and portrays Martin Fowler, the dancing couple announced that they will be foxtrotting to the iconic tune.Walking on set to the EastEnders' theme song, James and Amy beamed as they sat down.Ranvir asked the pair about what was so special about this week before James revealed that all the dances would be based on iconic theme songs from different BBC shows over the years.Revealing that they would be foxtrotting to the EastEnders tune, Amy admitted that it has "never been done before" and it an "honour" to choreograph a dance to it.James admitted that he feels slightly nervous for Saturday night, adding: "Honestly, I can't tell you how honoured I am to be representing EastEnders in such an iconic year."He then hinted at "some tricks" and how the theme song "isn't the normal EastEnders theme tune that everyone will expect"."There's some surprises along the way," he went on, and later added that he thinks it will be a "really big night".James also touched on the advice that his former colleague and Strictly reigning champion gave him at the

Strictly Come Dancing's James Bye has explained how his spray tan for the BBC series will be written into EastEnders. The Martin Fowler actor, 38, is currently competing on the hit dance show with pro partner Amy Dowden. And at the same time as performing on Strictly, James is still just as busy at EastEnders as he continues to film the BBC One soap while rehearsing.

Strictly Come Dancing fans went wild on Saturday night as they spotted Lacey Turner in the audience. The Stacey Slater star, 34, was supporting EastEnders co-star James Bye, who performed a Tango to Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran with pro partner Amy Dowden.

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