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Ryan Paton & Shane Jarvis

Strictly Come Dancing sparks string of complaints as show makes Blackpool return

There have been a string of complaints on social media about Saturday Night's edition of Strictly Come Dancing. The show came under fire on its return to Blackpool, as fans they noticed some odd camera directions - which one viewer described as a "horror".

It was made all the worse because it was the eagerly-anticipated return for the popular BBC contest at the world renowned Blackpool Tower ballroom, which can trace its origins back to 1894. It was the first time the show had been broadcast from the iconic venue for three years due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The remaining celebrities in the competition — Hamza Yassin, Fleur East, Ellie Taylor, Helen Skelton, Kym Marsh, Molly Rainford, Tyler West and Will Mellor — donned their dancing shoes for one of the show's highest scoring weeks with just nine points separating the top and bottom slots on the leaderboard. Fleur East and Vito Coppola scored the 20th series' first perfect 40 with their Couples' Choice routine, danced to a Destiny's Child medley.

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