Strictly's Halloween song choices mocked by It Takes Two panel as fans complain

Strictly Come Dancing fans were amused on Friday night, as the guest panel on spin-off series It Takes Two mocked the show's Halloween week.

With the spooky theme seeing the pairings taking on Halloween for their next performances, the songs, dances and costumes have been picked to suit the annual celebration.

But over the years, fans have often called out the show for not sticking with the theme when it comes to the tracks the couples dance too.

Yet again the latest song choices have not entirely impressed viewers, and Friday night's It Takes Two saw the list mocked.

The guest panel, including DJ and broadcaster Arielle Free, were shown laughing off the latest stories and songs to air on Saturday night.

The It Takes Two panel mocked the show's Halloween week (BBC)

They questioned how many of the tracks and the dance themes matched the main theme of Halloween, pretending to find specific songs scary.

Arielle had said: "I can't wait to see the costumes and hear the music choices. There's only so many Halloween choices people can dance to."

Host Rylan Clark then joked: "Well there's Mama Told Me Not To Come," to which comedian Luke Kempner quipped: "Oh scary, very spooky."

They questioned how many of the tracks and the dance themes matched the main theme of Halloween (BBC)

Rylan then said, speaking of EastEnders actor James Bye's dance: "Now I can tell you Arielle he is going to be playing a classic Halloween character, a bee keeper."

As the panel erupted into laughter, Rylan added: "I told you it was loose this year."

Arielle then made a swipe at the song list, asking: "What do these have to do with Halloween?" to which someone shouted out: "Frightening, oh."

Arielle added: "Even a wasp is a bit more terrifying..."

Host Rylan Clark joked about the song choices (BBC)

But they weren't the only ones calling out the song list, as viewers supported the comments on Twitter.

One fan said: "Loving this panel fully acknowledging the nonsense of the Halloween themes this year."

Another agreed: "Now just need them to acknowledge the nonsense of Halloween week and stop doing it!"

A third tweeted: "This James bee routine is reminding me of the sanitised Halloween lobster nonsense with Dan."

Strictly Come Dancing airs live at 6:50pm on Saturday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.