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Eve Rowlands

BBC Strictly viewers are left gobsmacked by show's opening to musicals week

Viewers were left in awe as the Strictly Come Dancing professionals took to the stage to perform their musicals week opening group number, which kicked off the show's quarter final.

Dancing a medley of routines choreographed by Strictly's own Oti Mabuse and Nikki Trow - as revealed by hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly at the start - and joined by West End stars Trevor Dion Nicholas, Marisha Wallace and Ivano Turko, the professional dancers opened the show with a dance number to the tunes of iconic shows such as Rent, Six The Musical, Hamilton, Grease and more. And viewers were left describing this performance as "epic".

Avid watchers of Strictly were quick to flood social media platforms like Twitter with comments voicing their excitement at such an incredible opening to the show. It was even dubbed by one as their "favourite opening number ever" with many saying how "fabulous" it was.

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