Strictly Come Dancing pros to come together for magical rom-coms inspired routine for Movie Week
THE Strictly Come Dancing pros look set to come together for a magical rom-com routine in honour of the Movie Week specials.
The BBC dancers will come together for the impressive routine based around classic rom-com hits.
Neil Jones will be taking centre stage in the performance as he plays the role of the leading man.
Viewers will see Neil and his fellow pro’s tell a story of love jam-packed with laughter and humour.
Choreographed by Jason Gilkison, the routine will be the perfect end to a weekend full of movie-inspired routines.
A BBC insider said of the routine: “Expect sparks to fly and hearts to skip a beat as the pros take to the floor in a routine that celebrates love in true Strictly style.”
The pro’s will don a variety of brightly coloured outfits as well as a few retro fits for the routine which is set to kickstart the evening’s results show.
Elsewhere, fans will be treated to a performance by renowned pianist Alexis Ffrench as the musical guest on the night.
It will also feature the dreaded dance-off with one celebrity couple set to go home.
Tom Dean and his pro partner Nadiya Bychkova found themselves eliminated last week in one of the most surprising week one exits ever.
They lost to pop singer Toyah Wilcox, however it is not looking good for the star either with fans already convinced that she will be the next to leave after noticing a giveaway ‘clue’.
Many took to X, formerly Twitter, to complain that she had been given the dreaded “death slot” by going second, a move which could have sealed her exit.
Writing online, one fan said: “Toyah has the death slot, seems like they want her to go now that she’s made it to Movie Week.”
Another added: “A Samba and Toyah is in the death spot. OH DEAR!”
A third wrote: “Lol @ production doing Toyah and Neil no favours by dumping them in the death slot.”
Before a fourth penned: “Toyah and Neil death slot oh it’s over for them.”
Strictly Curse - The Lowdown
STRICTLY Come Dancing's latest series has already been hit by rumours of a BBC show 'curse' - yet what is it?
A host of Strictly Come Dancing stars have been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past two decades.
This is where celebrities who may or may not be attached in the outside world become more than friends with their professional partners.
A total of 20 relationships are said to have been impacted so far over the show’s 20 years.
It has seen relationships crumble with dance floor romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame.
This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp as well as Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer.
Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I think of it as a blessing, to be honest. One person is married, the other one had a girlfriend but my point in this entire thing is: if you come on Strictly, sometimes you are in a relationship that is not working anyway.
“There has to be something wrong in your relationship before it all goes awry.”
Series one winner Brendan Cole left his fiancé, fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the very first series in spring 2004.
Brendan was said to have fallen for his celebrity partner and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, although the duo didn’t confirm they were romantically involved.