‘I like it like that’: Lewis Cope wows Strictly Come Dancing judges with Cha Cha Cha performance
Hartlepool actor Lewis Cope is through to this week’s Strictly Come Dancing show after performing an energetic Cha Cha Cha on Saturday night.
Lewis, 30, and his dance partner Katya Jones came third top of the leaderboard on Saturday, November 8, after dancing the Cha Cha Cha to the 1960s song I Like it Like That by Pete Rodriguez.
The couple scored 35 out of a possible 40, getting a positive reaction from the judges.
Judge Shirley Ballas said: "Well yeah baby, I like it like that. You did a grand job.”
The former Emmerdale actor and his dance partner received two eights from Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke and two nines from Shirley and Motsi Mabuse.
This came after their top scoring performance the week before on Saturday, November 2, where the pair earned 40 out of 40 for their dance routine performed to the soundtrack Creep by Radiohead.
Strictly Come Dancing’s results show, on Sunday, November 9, featured a musical performance from James Morrison of Fight Another Day, accompanied by professional dancers Jowita Przystal and Neil Jones.
The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment also joined the Strictly professionals for a group performance to mark Remembrance Sunday, set to the Sam Fender song Remember My Name.
Lewis and Katya and the other seven remaining couples will return to the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor on Saturday, November 15 at 6.25pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, followed by the Sunday results show on November 16 at 7.15pm.