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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Vicky Jessop

Strictly Come Dancing season 20 review: fizzy as a bottle of champagne, wackier than a night at the circus

Hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly with the celebrity and professional dancers who will dance on Strictly Come Dancing 2022 (Guy Levy/BBC/PA)

(Picture: PA Media)

The disco ball spins, the theme tune strikes up and a new batch of nervous celebrities prepare to don their dancing shoes for 13 weeks of gruelling training.

That’s right: the juggernaut that is Strictly Come Dancing is back once more, and though it offers nothing new to the seasoned (or even casual) fan, it’s as fizzy and fun as a bottle of champagne – and wackier than a night out at the circus.

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