The former X Factor winner opened up on his "tough" week Shayne Ward's fiancée was in tears after his emotional performance on Strictly Come Dancing. The former X Factor winner took to the dancefloor tonight for the second week of the BBC contest. He was joined by his partner Nancy Xu they danced the Tango to the Door.

Shayne opened up on the difficult preparation for this week's dance after he was criticised by viewers for his first performance. He said: "After the show on Saturday I received some negative comments on social media saying I was over-confident. Some of them did get to me, when in truth I’m only human, I was scared, I was terrified.

And I hid it behind as much smiling as possible.” Shayne said the preparation was "tough" and received praise from Shirley Ballas for the way he overcome the criticism. He received a total score of 31 for his incredible performance.

Away from the dancefloor, Shayne is in a happy relationship with Sophie Austin. The soap star, who is renowned for her role as Lindsey Butterfield in Hollyoaks, was in attendance to show support for Shayne. Sophie was overcome with emotion and struggled to hold back the tears as she applauded her fiance.

Shayne and Sophie are the proud parents of two children and have been together for nine years. They recently celebrated their anniversary as Shayne shared a heartfelt message on Instagram. He said: "Another year has gone by.

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And I love you more each and every second. I’m feel very blessed to h.