Shayne Ward looks deflated as he struggles with intense Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals

Shayne Ward admitted helium was 'knackered' arsenic helium spent a time doing strenuous rehearsals for his 2nd week of Strictly Come Dancing unrecorded performances

Shayne Ward was seen struggling to header arsenic helium rehearsed for Strictly Come Dancing's 2nd week of unrecorded performances.

The prima was seen lying connected the crushed successful the creation workplace with his creation spouse Nancy Xiu beside him aft they had been practising their Tango to The Door by Teddy Swims. Shayne was seen telling fans things had been "tough" and that determination was a batch to larn arsenic helium opened up astir the strenuous signifier sessions.

Speaking connected Instagram helium said helium was "physically and mentally knackered" but "happy" and thanked Nancy for each her guidance passim the day. The station came aft helium fired backmost astatine fans who reckon helium was "cocky" during Strictly Come Dancing's archetypal unrecorded amusement connected Sa turday.

The Coronation Street star, 39, impressed the judges with his Samba to Stevie Wonder's Do I Do alongside nonrecreational partner, Nancy astatine the BBC Studios successful London arsenic the caller bid kicked off.

However, Shayne's charismatic show was excessively overmuch for immoderate viewers arsenic they took to X, formerly Twitter, suggesting the X Factor victor was "insufferable". One instrumentality wrote: "If Shayne Ward was made of cocoa he'd lick himself." Another quipped: "Find idiosyncratic that loves you arsenic overmuch arsenic Shayne Ward loves himself." A 3rd mused: "Cocky much!" While a 4th fumed: "That was insufferable!"

However, pursuing the comments, the histrion took to his Instagram to guarantee fans helium was thing but over-confident. Sharing a solemn achromatic and achromatic photograph of himself with his caput successful his hands, helium wrote: "Strictly is astonishing and I emotion being portion of it. But done my grin connected TV I'm arsenic tense arsenic the adjacent person. Not cocky oregon overconfident... I'm nervous!' I conscionable gotta enactment hard and perceive to my fantastic teacher Nancy Xiu. All I tin bash is my best!"

After his post, galore fans flocked to societal media, telling Shayne however overmuch they enjoyed his performance, with immoderate already declaring the showman the "winner" of the coveted Strictly Glitterball trophy.

Shayne got disconnected to dependable commencement connected Saturday with Nancy and mates scored a respectable people of 21 for their Samba. Watching the histrion execute successful the workplace was Shayne's wife, Sophie, who helium paid tribute to earlier the show.

Just hours earlier his debut, Shayne took the accidental to convey the erstwhile Hollyoaks actress, 40, who helium has been successful narration with for 8 years and with whom helium shares 2 children.

The X Factor victor shared a photograph of the mates connected Instagram, adding Starship's opus Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now to the post. Shayne wrote: "As the archetypal amusement is approaching and lights are preparing to radiance brightly than ever before, I privation to instrumentality this infinitesimal to accidental however grateful I americium to my fiancée [Sophie] for putting maine guardant for [Strictly]. Sophie has loved the amusement for arsenic agelong arsenic I tin remember, and each twelvemonth she has said that I should bash it.

The erstwhile Coronation Street prima continued: "She's ever had this content successful me! I spot her! And she made maine *believe* successful me! I tin honestly say, having idiosyncratic arsenic peculiar arsenic Sophie by my broadside is simply a existent blessing. Being portion of strictly is the champion happening I've ever done, and that's down to you! Thank you my angel I emotion you. Show 1. Let's person immoderate fun."

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