BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Jamie Borthwick opens up 'connection brewing behind the scenes'

The actor also revealed his sadness at Tom Dean leaving the BBC show

EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has opened up on his bromance with his fellow Strictly Come Dancing co-star Shayne Ward. The actor also revealed his sadness at Tom Dean leaving the BBC show.

Jamie, 30, appeared on the It Takes Two spin-off show alongside his pro partner Michelle Tsiakkas to discuss their thoughts on the competition so far. But host Janette Manrara was keen to speak to the soap star about a connection brewing behind the scenes.

The Express reports she said: "Jamie the partnership with Michelle is not the only partnership you've got going on this series, is it?" A video of Jamie singing Shayne's winning X Factor single alongside him was then shown to the audience.

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Jamie laughed before joking he'd release an album with his new pal. He then added: "We are such a really close group and it's so sad with Tom going last week, we've lost him and every week someone is going to go."

Janette added: "It doesn't get any easier! It gets harder and harder." Jamie agreed: "It's horrible."

Talk then turned to the pair's sultry rumba routine, which Craig Revel Horwood critiqued harshly last week. The judge said: "I felt it lacked an emotional connection between both of you!

"It felt like you were dancing by numbers." He then added that he could sense that they were thinking about every dance move but it failed to "lift". Jamie said he disagreed with Craig but was happy head judge Shirley Ballas loved it.