BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans rush to support pro as she shares upset after tough week

Nancy Xu has been supported by Strictly Come Dancing fans after admitting she has been upset.

On It Takes Two tonight, professional dancer Nancy appeared on the show alongside her celebrity partner Shayne Ward to discuss last week's dance after they ended up in the dance-off alongside Dr Punam and Gorka Marquez.

Whilst it was Punam and Gorka who left the competition, fans were horrified to see favourite Shayne in the bottom two. Now, Nancy has opened up about their non-traditional Paso Doble to In The Hall Of Mountain King by Grieg.

Speaking on It Takes Two to host Fleur East this evening, Nancy said: "We are doing an entertainment show, we are here to bring something - that's why we have a Movie Week, a Halloween week, musicals week.

"It's not just about correct techniques - important - but it's also about having fun and making people enjoy our performance. We try and bring everything we possibly could to the show," as Shayne reassured her and added: "We did."

Nancy added: "We will keep pushing and as much as some people dislike the choreography, there's also the other side - people like the choreography. I do feel, as a choreographer, we want to make more memories, especially as its the 20th anniversary."

After her admission, fans rushed to social media to praise Nancy for doing something different with her routine.

One fan wrote: "I'm sad that Nancy is upset about people not liking her choreography but I stand by thinking it wasn't good. Also every week on it seems to be a pity party from Shayne and I don't think this is helping their popularity ngl. ."

Another shared: "Yesss Nancy, it’s an entertainment show!! Some people take this show way too seriously ," whilst a third wrote: "Shayne sounds a bit down by the public's opinion of him... not sure why he doesn't appear to be liked... he's a pretty good dancer, and I think an alright guy... but what do I know."

"I actually rather liked Shane’s dance (despite my reservations about the meaning of the paso), but I can see that Len would’ve complained about ‘all the mucking about at the start’ ," a fourth penned.

*Strictly: It Takes Two airs weekdays at 6.30pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.