Liverpool-born comedian Chris McCausland was initially left wondering why BBC bosses decide to move the show over 200 miles away from its usual home for a week. Chris McCausland aimed a slight dig at Strictly Come Dancing bosses as the show prepares for its Blackpool special. The contest will relocate from its traditional home at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire to the iconic Blackpool Tower this weekend.
The celebrities will find themselves taking to the dancefloor in what Chris says is the “Wembley of ballroom”. But the Liverpool-born comedian was initially left wondering why bosses decided to move the show over 200 miles for a single week. He initially thought the rest of the competition would switch to the North West for the remaining weeks.
In his column in The Telegraph, Chris said: “There was lots of talk about ‘Blackpool’ in the various meetings in the months preceding filming, and I was so clueless that I thought the whole show moved to Blackpool about eight or nine weeks in and then just stayed there until the final. It’s a lot of fuss for one week, isn’t it?” Chris, who is Strictly’s first blind contestant, says he visited Blackpool “many times” as child, reminiscing about the seafront attractions and the arcades. He says he used to visit the Blackpool Illuminations when he still had his eyesight as well.
The 47-year-old however doesn’t think the Tower Ballroom was on his list of destinations before entering Strictly. Chris however fears the.
