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Strictly to abandon results show | Strictly to abandon results show |
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BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing is to drop its Sunday night results programme, it has been has announced. | BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing is to drop its Sunday night results programme, it has been has announced. |
Viewers will see couples compete, face the public vote and have the dance-off all in a single extended programme on Saturday evenings. | Viewers will see couples compete, face the public vote and have the dance-off all in a single extended programme on Saturday evenings. |
The pre-recorded Sunday show was introduced in 2007, but proved unpopular with many viewers. | The pre-recorded Sunday show was introduced in 2007, but proved unpopular with many viewers. |
A spokesman for the BBC said: "We are packing all the action into one dramatic show." | A spokesman for the BBC said: "We are packing all the action into one dramatic show." |
The new series of Strictly will begin in September with two special Friday night launch shows, but will switch to Saturdays from then on. | |
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The spokesman added: "We wanted to make Strictly Come Dancing an unmissable TV event this autumn. | |
"Audiences will be watching, voting and, crucially, seeing who's in and who's out every week on Saturday nights." | |
Losing the Sunday night show is the latest change for Strictly Come Dancing. | |
Last month, it was announced Arlene Phillips, 66, would be moved from the judging panel in favour of former winner and pop star Alesha Dixon, 30. | |
Phillips will become the Strictly Come Dancing expert on The One Show. | |
Speaking about the departure at the time, BBC One controller Jay Hunt said there had been a desire to "change the flavour of the panel". | |
Len Goodman, 65, 53-year-old Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood, 44 are all set to return. |