Latest updates and reaction from Strictly Come Dancing week five as Wynne Evans and Katya Jones return to ballroom in wake of ‘hand incident’

Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage of Strictly Come Dancing as we enter week five.

Controversy returned to the show this week after Wynne Evans and Katya Jones’ infamous ‘hand incident’ set tongues wagging last weekend, resulting in the pair defending their awkward encounter.

The couple hopes to put the incident to rest and focus the conversation on their dancing when they try to climb the cha-cha-cha rankings tonight.

Tonight we will be providing live commentary from all the dancers and will strive to bring you the most eye-catching images and videos of the process, plus their reaction on social media.

So for now sit back, relax and let’s see which celebrities rock the dance floor or risk disappearing tomorrow night.

For those of you who can’t wait for tonight’s show to start, here’s a treat for you.

Here is a list of dances that will be performed tonight and the numbers that will accompany them.

Have you ever thought about doing the Rumba to Oasis…now is your chance to see how it’s done?

Dances tonight (may not be in order):

• Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe: choice of couple for KG’s skeleton movement, Zanda Zakuza
• Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez – Viennese Waltz from She’s Always A Woman To Me by Billy Joel
• Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin: Quick Step to the Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
• Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola – Samba to Do It Do It Again by Rafaella Carrà
• Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec – The days of dog tango are over by Florence + The Machine
• Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell – Waltz from You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers
• Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas – Paso Doble a la Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona
• JB Gill and Amy Dowden – Jive with Hey Ya! by Outkast
• Paul Merson and Karen Hauer – Samba to Car Wash by Rose Royce
• Pete Wicks and Jowitza Przystal – Rumba for Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis
• Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu – American Smooth to Get Here by Sam Smith
• Wynne Evans and Katya Jones – Quickstep to Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra

Before we look ahead to tonight’s offering… let’s remember what happened last week.

Nick Knowles, the oldest male celebrity in this year’s lineup, became the third star to be kicked out of the ballroom after he and Luba Mushtuk lost the dance contest to Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu. LINK

And Tasha Ghouri earned top 10s by impressing the judges with her performance of the Charleston with partner Aljaz Skorjanec in Anne-Marie’s Shania Twain’s Unhealthy.

Here is the complete ranking:

• Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec (9+10+10+10) = 39
• Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas (8+9+9+8) = 34
• Wynne Evans and Katya Jones (8+9+9+8) = 34
• Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe (8+8+8+9) = 33
• Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell (6+8+8+8) = 30
• JB Gill and Amy Dowden (7+8+7+8) = 30
• Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu (7+8+7+8) = 30
• Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał (7+7+8+7) = 29
• Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin (7+7+7+7) = 28
• Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola (6+7+7+7) = 27
• Paul Merson and Karen Hauer (4+6+6+7) = 23
• Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk (4+6+5+6) = 21
• Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez (4+5+5+6) = 20

The Strictly story of the week has undoubtedly been Wynne Evans and Katya Jones’ awkward ‘hand incident’ after viewers last weekend saw the professional moving the opera singer’s hand away from her waist. and rejecting his attempt at a high five.

The dance couples spent the week defending their curl exchange during last Saturday night’s live show.

On Monday, the pair appeared together on Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two, where Katya declared Wynne had been “portrayed as someone he’s not” as they insisted his “wandering hand” incident was a joke. silly.

Clinging to his arm, she said: ‘The idea that he made me feel uncomfortable or offended in any way is complete nonsense, and to those who have doubts, you have been mistaken. So I hope this is the end and you continue to make me smile.”

However, Wynne admitted that he had seen footage of the incident and confessed: “I can see how people may have misinterpreted it.”

Hours after the broadcast, neither Katya nor Wynne cracked a smile as they walked to their training studio in Wales ahead of tonight’s rehearsals.

The controversy has left the couple in serious danger of being booted from Strictly Come Dancing in Sunday’s results, according to bookmakers.

Opera singer Wynne, 52, once a favorite for the Glitterball Trophy, is just 5/1 to be booted out of the competition this week, having been 25/1 in the same market the week pass.