Strictly fans distracted as Tess Daly breaks show trend amid elimination change

03 December 2023 , 20:16

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Strictly fans distracted as Tess Daly breaks show trend amid elimination change

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left distracted on Sunday night's results show as host Tess Daly broke a show trend.

The hit BBC One dance competition was thrown into chaos this weekend when Nigel Harman quit just hours before the live show. A BBC spokesperson confirmed his exit on Saturday, saying: "Unfortunately Nigel has sustained an injury which means he is unable to perform in tonight’s show and has had to withdraw from Strictly."

As such, hosts Tess, 54, and Claudia Winkleman revealed that there would be no public vote and no elimination this weekend in a shock twist. They announced: "We only have four couples unfortunately Nigel has sustained an injury which means he's unable to perform on tonight's show and he's had to withdraw from the competition.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left distracted on Sunday night's results show as host Tess Daly broke a show trend (BBC)

"We are as devastated as he is but Nigel and Katya will be chatting to us later on in the show. That means there will be no public vote tonight and no elimination this weekend but the judges will still be scoring and those scores will be carried over and you'll be able to vote as usual next week."

On Sunday's results show, Claudia, 51, hosted her usual segment where she interviews the celebrities about their recent performance and upcoming dances upstairs in the balcony. However, in a new format change on Sunday, Claudia was joined by Tess on the sofa.

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Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers couldn't believe Tess was interviewing the celebrities with Claudia as they commented on the broken show trend. One person said: "Tess and Claudia on the sofa??? screenshot or it ain’t real #strictly" while a different account put: "Tess in Claudia’s area whaaaat?! #Strictly".

Elsewhere, one person said: "TESS IN THE CLAUDITORIUM #Strictly" with shocked emojis, a different account put: "Tess sat on Claudia's sofa!" with another viewer adding: "Tess is upstairs on the couch #Strictly."

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However, despite no elimination this weekend, it hasn't stopped fans from predicting who could go next week ahead of the final. The remaining couples are Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell, Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola, Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe, Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin.

Taking to Twitter, now X, one person said: "Next week will be interesting but an Annabel & Bobby bottom 2 would feel right, but I’d want to see Bobby in the final."

A different account put: "No #Strictly results to predict tonight so I'll predict early that Layton, Ellie and Annabel will be the finalists. Could easily also be Bobby though" while another show watcher wrote: "I wasn't sure before Nigel left but now im 90% sure that the final will be bobby, Ellie & Layton #strictly."

Olivia Wheeler