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Strictly contestant withdraws in week nine causing major ramifications for show

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The Independent UK

Strictly star La Voix forced to withdraw completely due to injury

News was confirmed on Saturday’s live Blackpool show following advice from medical experts

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing: Blackpool results – as it happened

In the annual Tower Ballroom extravaganza, the injury withdrawal of La Voix meant no dance-off or elimination. She got a fond farewell and former finalists returned. But who will bow out back at Elstree Studios?

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Strictly Come Dancing: Lewis Cope lands 40 as La Voix is forced to pull out

The Blackpool special took place after a turbulent week for hit BBC series

The Independent UK

Strictly star gives update on ‘painful’ injury after dropping out of live show

Strictly Come Dancing’s La Voix has opened up on her foot injury which has forced her to drop out of the next live show.

The Independent UK

La Voix to miss this week’s Strictly Blackpool specials following injury

The 45-year-old, whose real name is Christopher Dennis, will receive a bye to next week’s episodes of the BBC dancing programme.

Evening Standard

Strictly contestant ‘devastated’ after being forced out of special episode

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The Independent UK

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Strictly star La Voix pulls out of Blackpool episode after injury

Contestant left ‘devastated’ after withdrawing from this weekend’s competition

The Independent UK

Strictly star leaves Tess Daly speechless with P45 joke

La Voix made a cheeky P45 joke as she congratulated Tess Daly after the Strictly Come Dancing host was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing’s most emotional episode yet proved Blackpool means even more than the final

COMMENT: The tears kept on coming during Saturday night’s live show - proving there’s one ‘Strictly’ milestone every couple wants to make, writes Rachel McGrath

The Independent UK

George Clarke delivers ‘beautiful’ Strictly dance in tribute to his mother

The internet star revealed his mother had recently been diagnosed with cancer.

Evening Standard

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week eight of the competition

What the judges thought ahead of Blackpool week

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing: week eight results – as it happened

With the annual trip to Blackpool in sight, Amber Davies topped the scores, while Balvinder Sopal and Vicky Pattison were joint bottom. But who would be Tower Ballroom-bound and who’d miss out on the seaside special?

The Guardian - UK

Strictly Come Dancing: La Voix delivers glamourous Couple’s Choice ahead of Blackpool special

The eight remaining celebrities pulled out all the stops ahead of the show’s annual trip to the iconic ballroom

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Strictly star La Voix makes awkward BBC resignation joke during live show as host left speechless

Strictly Come Dancing contestant La Voix left the It Takes Two studio speechless with a joke about resignations at the top of the BBC on Tuesday (11 November).

Evening Standard

Sixth celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing

The judges’ vote was unanimous.

The Independent UK

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey becomes sixth celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing

Contestant says being on BBC series was ‘dream come true’

Evening Standard

Vicky Pattison tops Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard with ‘dance of the night’

The former Geordie Shore star, 37, and professional dancer Kai Widdrington scored 39 points for their Tango to Taylor Swift’s The Fate Of Ophelia.

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The Independent UK

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week seven of BBC series

The judges have weighed in on the contestants’ performances

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing’s La Voix proved she deserves to be taken seriously in Halloween Week

COMMENT: The ‘Drag Race’ star has provided plenty of comedy moments on ‘Strictly’, but she’s at her best when she shows her serious side, writes Rachel McGrath

Evening Standard

Lewis Cope and Katya Jones score first perfect 40 of Strictly Come Dancing 2025

The couple wore matching suits for their couple’s choice to Creep by Radiohead.

The Independent UK

Strictly star shocks viewers as they take over from Tess Daly as host of BBC competition

‘Truly she should get the job,’ fans say following the segment

The Independent UK

Celebrity Traitors star Cat Burns to perform on Strictly this weekend

The singer will appear on the show on Sunday night as part of its Halloween week

The Independent UK

Thanks to La Voix and Alan Carr, the chaotic gay funnyman is back on the BBC

COMMENT: ‘Celebrity Traitors’ and ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, the biggest shows on BBC One right now, have been dominated by a pair of withering gay comedians delighting in their own comic mercilessness. And it’s a much-needed throwback to a long-gone era of Lily Savage, Julian Clary and Mrs Merton, writes Adam…

The Independent UK

Strictly viewers make same complaint about ‘questionable’ scores during Icons Week

‘How can the couples improve and get better if the judges can't agree on how good the dances are?’ asks one fan

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