Strictly Come Dancing's 2023 finalists have been confirmed after a sad final exit. It's been 12 weeks since 14 celebrities first appeared in the ballroom after signing up for this year's run of the BBC One dance contest.
22.11.2023 - 16:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Strictly Come Dancing fans have claimed they 'know' who will be the next celebrity to leave the competition after claiming they have been given a 'cursed' dance this weekend. The hit BBC One dance contest will return to its usual Elstree studio home on Saturday (November 25) following its jaunt up North.
The hit show relocated for one week only to Blackpool, as per the show's annual tradition, where the live show was broadcast from the iconic Tower Ballroom. And it's fair to say it was a tough weekend for Nigel Harman.
After a number of energetic and sometimes intense routines, it was over to the Casualty actor and his professional dance partner Katya Jones to close the much-anticipated Blackpool week show. The pair performed a quickstep to It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing by Duke Ellington. But kicking off the comments, Craig Revel Horwood picked fault.
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And the scores - a seven from Craig and eights from Motsi, Shirley and Anton - appeared to leave Nigel a bit disappointed which Strictly viewers picked up on from home and they couldn't help but defend the actor as they rushed to social media to have their say.
Despite the divided response from the judges, Nigel and Katya made it through to week ten of Strictly 2023 and will return to the ballroom this weekend. It's been revealed that they will be performing the notoriously difficult rumba to Celine Dion's 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now'.
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Strictly Come Dancing's 2023 finalists have been confirmed after a sad final exit. It's been 12 weeks since 14 celebrities first appeared in the ballroom after signing up for this year's run of the BBC One dance contest.
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