Strictly Come Dancing: Covid-secure launch show seen by 8.6m viewers

The show revealed the celebrity and professional pairings, including the first same-sex pairing.
The show revealed the celebrity and professional pairings, including the first same-sex pairing.
The show revealed the celebrity and professional pairings, including the first same-sex pairing.
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It was a shock to the system.
RANVIR SINGH was left a little red-faced on Good Morning Britain this morning as co-hosts Kate Garraway and Sean Fletcher highlighted a blunder from the Strictly Come Dancing launch show.
"Obviously, I had a show to launch."
Strictly Come Dancing has had its highest ratings in three years after 9 million viewers tuned it for Saturday's pre-recorded launch show.
STRICTLY Come Dancing waltzed off with nearly a one million extra viewers as up to 9million hunkered down for the show’s socially distanced return. Despite fears a restricted studio audience, well-separated presenters and the absence of judge Bruno Tonioli — who is working in the US — would take the shine off the BBC favourite,... View Article
The former American football player said the programme would give his daughter the opportunity to see him compete.
Jason Bell has said there had been “a lot of dancing in the kitchen” in preparation for Strictly Come Dancing.
The former American football player said the programme would give his daughter the opportunity to see him compete.
This is the moment Nicola Adams, her dance partner Katya Jones, and the other 11 celebrity dancing duos opened up Strictly Come Dancing for 2020 with a large group dance in front of the judges.
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