Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas has revealed why she decided to at one point vote Layton Williams to be sent home despite often referring to him as "dance Royalty," and praising his performances on the BBC show.Layton and his partner Nikita Kuzmin have made it into the finals of the competition, which will take place on Saturday, as they battle it out for the Glitterball trophy against Bobby Brazier, Dianne Buswell, Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola.However the impressive male partnership once found themselves in the dreaded dance-off in a shocking twist following the public votes as they battled it out against Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu.All three judges decided to save West End star Layton and Nikita and they were put through to the following week thanks to a majority vote, however head judge Shirley surprisingly said she would have saved Angela instead if the vote fell on her.It Takes Two host Janette Manrara quizzed her on the decision in the BBC studios during its spin-off show according to the Mirror as she reminded her that "in week 10 you actually voted to send him out of the competition.""I certainly did," Shirley admitted as she recalled the moment she could have cut Layton's time on Strictly short which came just one week before the quarter-final Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Shirley explained her reasons for disagreeing with her co-stars when it came to decided to send home that week. "I am delighted he is still part of the competition," she said when chatting about Layton's Strictly journey.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas explains why she voted to send Layton home

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