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The competition is heating up on Strictly Come Dancing as the remaining eight couples head to the legendary Blackpool Tower ballroom.
Elsewhere, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley –who has stepped in for Amy Dowden who left the competition due to injury – and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec, held their position at the top of the leaderboard for the second week running. Pete Wicks stole hearts with a Couple’s Choice dance dedicated to his late grandma, Doreen, who died in 2022.
The show is usually held in the Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. But for one week each year, the show moves up north to the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool – an iconic and historical dancing venue. It also marks a stage when the competition gets fiercer as the weaker dancers have typically been eliminated from the series.
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell will dance an American Smooth to “Jump” by Paul Anka while Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola will dance a Couple’s Choice to “Padam Padam” by Kylie Minogue.
Meanwhile, Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe will dance a Salsa to “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by Kylie Minogue, and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec will dance a Paso Doble to “Torn” by Nathan Lanier.
Find the full list of songs and dances below…
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell will dance an American Smooth to “Jump” by Paul Anka
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał will dance a Cha Cha to “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe will dance a Salsa to “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by Kylie Minogue
Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas will dance a Jive to “The Ketchup Song” by Las Ketchup
JB Gill and Lauren Oakley will dance a Quickstep to “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley
Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec will dance a Paso Doble to “Torn” by Nathan Lanier
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones will dance a Charleston to “Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les toréadors” by George Bizet
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola will dance a Couple’s Choice to “Padam Padam” by Kylie Minogue
