BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Layton Williams shares glimpse of Blackpool as Nikita Kuzmin admits to feeling 'pressure'

Layton Williams has shared a first glimpse of his time in Blackpool as his dance partner Nikita Kuzmin has admitted to feeling 'pressure' ahead of their performance on Saturday night (Nov 18). The Strictly Come Dancing contestants are now entering week nine of the competition, where the remaining seven couples will perform in front of the judges in the iconic Tower Ballroom.

As per the show's tradition, over the years the famous venue has played host to some classic and memorable performances from a number of Strictly couples. It also means a lot to the professional dancers who spent much of their early years competing in the ballroom as competitive dancers before becoming famed for appearing on the hit dance show.

Tonight's stint of the BBC dance contest will see Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin perform their Couple's Choice to Ain't No Other Man by Christina Aguilera.The pair have been consistently near the top of the leaderboard each week and received a near-perfect score of 39 out of 40 last week for Argentine tango to Tattoo by Eurovision winner Loreen.

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Ahead of their performance tonight, the pair have been spending time in Blackpool, both rehearsing and seeing the sights. Layton, who is from Bury shared a glimpse of what him and Nikita have been up to on his Instagram page.

The Bad Education star posted a series of photos to his 198,000 followers with the caption 'Bits & Bobs & Blackpool'. In two pictures Layton could be seen wearing his outfit from last week's contest whilst others showed the Blackpool Tower and Pleasure