Sparkly hotpants, a stiff-as-a-board cha cha and a set malfunction involving a sparkly pink carousel horse. There’s only one show where you’ll see all of these things together: Strictly Come Dancing.
For many at home, the glitz, sequins and spray-tanned shimmying is a welcome distraction from the nights starting to draw in and the temperature dropping lower. For the second year running though, Strictly has started with a cloud hovering above it thanks to numerous controversies and unexpected exits.
