BBC Strictly Come Dancing confirms special guest for Blackpool live show

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Details about the upcoming special of Strictly Come Dancing have been revealed as the stars gear up to perform in Blackpool this weekend.

The ninth week of the BBC competition will feature a special live broadcast from the iconic Tower Ballroom. Each year, Strictly makes its way to the coastal town to deliver a live episode from the globally recognised venue.

In addition to performances from the eight remaining pairs in the BBC competition, this Saturday's live show will also include a performance from the Pet Shop Boys as reported in the Manchester Evening News.

They will kick off the show with a medley of their hits while the Strictly professional dancers perform a routine. The duo will return during Sunday night's results show to perform their latest single, a cover of Mott The Hoople's All The Young Dudes, penned by David Bowie.

During the programme, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley will quickstep to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up, while former Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and her partner Aljaz Skorjanec will perform a paso doble to Nathan Lanier's Torn.

Montell Douglas and her partner Johannes Radebe will salsa to Thelma Houston's Don't Leave Me This Way. Meanwhile, Sarah Hadland and her partner Vito Coppola will present their own couples' choice routine to Kylie Minogue's Padam Padam.

Elsewhere, Wynne Evans and Katya Jones are set to perform a Charleston to Carmen Suite No.1: 5 Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet, while reality star Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal will cha cha to I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred.

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Jamie Borthwick and professional partner Michelle Tsiakkas are preparing to jive to The Ketchup Song (Asereje) by Las Ketchup, while Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell will take on the American smooth to Paul Anka's Jump.

In Blackpool, the quickstep has been the most successful Strictly dance, scoring a total of 22 number 10s in the BBC dancing show's two decade history. It is followed by the American smooth, with 15 number 10s, and the Charleston, with 13 10s.

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There have been 107 10s awarded by nine Strictly judges at the ballroom throughout the years, across a total of 99 celebrities and 52 professional dancers. Former judge Bruno Tonioli, who left the show permanently in 2022, has awarded the most 10s at the venue with 31.

Just five couples have scored a perfect 40 at Blackpool including actor Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse, Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev, singer Fleur East and Vito Coppola. McFly's Harry Judd and Aliona Vilani, achieved the feat twice, and also singer Jason Donovan and Krishna Rihanoff.

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