Fans have hit Strictly Come Dancing with a fresh complaint as the countdown continues to the show's annual Blackpool special. The show will uproot this weekend as Tess Daly and Claudia Winklem host week nine live from the iconic Tower Ballroom. Every year Strictly heads to the seaside town to bring one of its live episodes to viewers from the world-famous venue said to be the 'home of ballroom dancing'.
Just eight couples will perform in the Tower Ballroom after making it through to another week of the BBC One dance contest. Sadly, Manchester's own Shayne Ward just missed out on his space in the special week after exiting the competition seventh alongside professional dance partner Nancy Xu. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2024 line-up announced as history made During the show, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley will perform a quickstep to Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley, and former Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and partner Aljaz Skorjanec will perform a paso doble to Torn by Nathan Lanier.
Former Olympian and Gladiator Montell Douglas and her partner Johannes Radebe will perform a salsa to Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, while Miranda actor Sarah Hadland and her partner Vito Coppola will dance their own couples’ choice routine to Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue. Elsewhere, opera singer Wynne Evans and Katya Jones will perform a Charleston to Carmen Suite No.1: 5 Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet, reality star Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal will .
