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Strictly Come Dancing’s Blackpool special won’t take place this year due to COVID-19

By Akash Kumar Last updated

The annual Strictly Come Dancing special in Blackpool is not going to take place this year, BBC reported.

“While contestants won’t physically go to Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom in 2020, they would still be celebrating the iconic venue from Elstree studio,” a BBC spokesman said.

It follows changes made to the show due to COVID-19 restrictions. Scheduled to start next month, the upcoming BBC One series will be shorter than usual.

Contestants will be staying in a hotel for 14 days ahead of pre-recording all the group dances.

Strictly has introduced several measures and changes to ensure the safety of contestants and crew amid the ongoing crisis triggered by COVID-19.

It should be mentioned here that Strictly usually travels to Blackpool for one weekend towards the middle of the series in November.

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Akash Kumar

Post-graduate diploma holder in Business Administration with specialization in Finance, a professional writer & logophile along with extensive teaching experience in the field of IELTS. Presently, contributing news and feature articles as a content writer for leading corporate news portal usanewshour.com. Akash is a strong believer in the power of narrative and might of pen.