Strictly fans say 'oh dear' and issue complaint minutes into Blackpool Special

BBC's deed show, Strictly Come Dancing near immoderate viewers divided arsenic they wasn't excessively definite astir big Claudia Winkleman's stunning golden formal but for immoderate it was a definite hit

Fans of Strictly Come Dancing appeared to stock the aforesaid sentiment minutes into the Blackpool show.

The highly anticipated creation programme returne connected Saturday successful stunning Blackpool, wherever the remaining 8 celebrities competed for their spot successful the creation compeition. With presenter Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly astatine the helm, the amusement was successful afloat swing.

But viewers couldn't assistance but constituent retired Claudia's flamboyant golden gown. Her stunning formal included ample sleeves and tasseld that draped down.

Heading implicit to societal media tract X successful their droves, viewers shared their opinions oregon her glitzy ensemble. One instrumentality of the BBC amusement wrote: "Claudia successful a magic carpet."

Another said: "Claudia is wearing a magic carpet oregon a curtain from a Blackpool casino." A 3rd shared: "Oh beloved what is Claudia wearing, looks atrocious wherefore does she get it truthful incorrect truthful often."

Meanwhile different added: "Woohoo! That Pet Shop Boys opening looked similar amusive connected #Strictly but why, ohio why, ohio wherefore is Claudia wearing my parent successful law's aged curtains???"

Despite immoderate negativity, immoderate viewers were loving Claudia's aureate ensemble. Sharing a antithetic view, 1 spectator gushed: "Obsessed with what Claudia’s wearing. OBSESSED. Another agreed and said: "Love Claudia's golden kaftan, precise stylish."

Blackpool is simply a large lawsuit successful the Strictly calendar with the stars hoping to unafraid their spot successful the peculiar week. This twelvemonth is besides Strictly's 20th day which surely enhanced the temper successful Blackpool connected Saturday night, which kicked disconnected with 80s band, Pet Shop Boys opening the show,

Sharing her thoughts connected the iconic determination up of her Blackpool debut, Strictly and Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri said: "Blackpool is legendary due to the fact that it’s specified a unsocial venue, and it’s known arsenic 1 of the astir peculiar places successful the contention world. In the UK especially, the Blackpool Tower Ballroom is beauteous and grand, and having that week distant from the Elstree workplace brings a caller atmosphere, caller energy, and a bigger audience.

"Everyone gets truly pumped up for Blackpool – it conscionable feels truthful overmuch much special. You perceive astir the historical ballroom competitions held there, and it’s specified a respected abstraction successful dance, which is wherefore everyone loves it truthful much."

Meanwhile Strictly's archetypal ever unsighted contestant Chris McCausland, who is partnered with Diane Buswell, gave his thoughts. The basal up comic said: "It's thing that means a batch to the nonrecreational dancers.

"Strictly is simply a 2 mode narration and they don't get to creation determination each twelvemonth with a spouse due to the fact that they permission astatine antithetic points of the contention each year. To beryllium capable to get to Blackpool with Dianne and springiness her that accidental to creation determination again means much to maine than maine being capable to spell determination myself."

Last week, Strictly said goodbye to contestant Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu.

Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturdays and Sundays connected BBC One