BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans stunned by unexpected 'crossover' they 'didn't think they'd see'

Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left stunned by an 'unxpected crossover' amid the excitement of its Blackpool special. Viewers of the BBC One dance contest know that the show is relocating to the seaside town for one weekend only.

This Saturday night (November 16), the eight remaining couples who have been it to week nine of the 2024 competition will perform in the iconic Tower Ballroom in the hope of impressing the judges and those watching at home as the grand final edges ever closer.

After both couples came top of the leaderboard last weekend, Strictly fans will see JB Gill and Lauren 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 paso doble to Torn by Nathan Lanier.

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

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

Former Olympian and Gladiator Montell Douglas and her partner Johannes Radebe will perform a salsa to Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, while Miranda actor Sarah Hadland and her partner Vito Coppola will dance their own couples’ choice routine to Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue.

But ahead of all that, Strictly fans will see a special guest join some familiar