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The Strictly Come Dancing stars have been enjoying some down time in Glasgow today ahead of tonight's live show at the OVO Hydro - which is the final destination of the tour.
The BBC show is best known for providing loads of sparkle and the live tour is no different.
Last night after arriving in the city, the stars enjoyed a sit down meal in Mamasan on Ingram Street and winner of last series, honorary Scot Hamza Yassin, shared a group photo of the cast enjoying their meal.
Tagging his pals, he wrote: "what a night with the ladies and lads."
And today, ahead of the show, many of them got pampered before the big performance.
Some of the stars, including Helen Skelton, Molly Rainford and Ellie Simmond and professionals Amy Dowden, Carlos Gu and Michelle Tsiakkas all went along to a popup beauty salon by Fake Bake to enjoy a pamper before their big performance.
Elsewhere, Will Mellor tucked into some tasty dishes at Swadish by Ajay Jumar, also on Ingram Street, and said he heard good things about the curries in Glasgow.
On his Instagram, Will said: "Alright! I'm here in Glasgow and I've not had a curry in week as I've been touring around and I've heard that Glasgow do amazing curries so I've been told about this place Swadish so I'm going to try it - I love Indian food so let's have it!"
Later in the video, Will said: "That was top! Bit different more traditional - it's more authentic, it's all really fresh - top quality ingredients! I made him do me a proper spicy one so better go put the toilet roll in the fridge. Come to Glasgow - check out Swadish!"
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