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This week the stars of Strictly Come Dancing will be twisting and turning on the floor of the iconic Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Here's what's planned for what promises to be a sparkling show:

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.

She stepped in to partner JLS singer JB Gill when fellow dancer Amy Dowden was forced to pull out. During the show, Gill and Oakley will perform a quickstep to Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley, and former Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and partner Aljaz Skorjanec will perform a pasodoble to Torn by Nathan Lanier.

Blackpool is preparing to launch a magnificent programme of Christmas entertainment this weekend - and there will be a sprinkling of Strictly stardust!

Strictly Come Dancing has released details about its upcoming special as its stars prepare to perform in Blackpool this weekend. Week nine of the BBC One dance contest marks this year's special live from the iconic Tower Ballroom.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Blackpool Week is finally upon us – and the show will be pulling out all the stops for its annual jaunt to the coast. This Saturday’s episode (November 16) will air live from Blackpool Tower’s famous ballroom,