Strictly Come Dancing to feature new challenge
The BBC has confirmed an upcoming change to Strictly Come Dancing.
Strictly Come Dancing is set to feature a new challenge on November 29.
The BBC has confirmed that the long-running programme will feature a new challenge called Instant Dance, which will see each remaining couple pick a dance style at random from ones they have learnt in the competition so far and then they'll have just 10 seconds on the countdown clock to decide exactly how they’re going to perform.
Head Judge Shirley Ballas said: "Instant Dance has the power to change everything for our couples, and will challenge them in ways they have never been challenged before.
"With standards so incredibly high this year and the competition so close, there's a lot resting on it. The dance styles, costumes and music might not be revealed until the night, but what we can be sure of right now is that it's going to be a whole lot of fun. I cannot wait!"
Meanwhile, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman recently announced they're set to leave Strictly Come Dancing.
The co-hosts confirmed that they are set to leave the BBC show at the end of the current series.
They said: "We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream.
"We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time. We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.
"We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza."
Sarah James, the executive producer of Strictly Come Dancing, also paid a glowing tribute to the co-hosts.
She said: "Tess and Claudia are quite simply the best duo of presenters in the business and we are so lucky to have had them as our Strictly anchors for so many years.
"They have championed countless celebrities on the dancefloor, led us all through two series during the pandemic but more importantly they have a deep and genuine bond with the show and every single member of the team."
