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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Karen Carney’s Blackpool performance proves she deserves to be in the Strictly Come Dancing final

COMMENT: The former England player didn’t top the leaderboard but she was undeniably the star of this year’s Blackpool episode, writes Rachel McGrath

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week nine of the competition

This week’s Blackpool special featured the second perfect score of the series after a contestant was forced to withdraw

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025

Strictly’s former finalists ‘really excited’ to return to Blackpool

The former contestants will revisit their best-known Strictly moments before coming together in a dance routine.

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2025

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Lewis Cope tops Strictly leaderboard with perfect 40 as La Voix withdraws

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star La Voix had initially been given a bye to the next round of the competition after the injury was announced last week.

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2025

Strictly’s Lewis Cope called ‘unbelievable’ after second perfect score of the series

One viewer said that they would have given the actor a score of 110

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025

La Voix forced to withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing due to injury

The RuPaul’s Drag Race star had initially been given a bye into the next round but was forced to pull out altogether.

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2025

Strictly contestant withdraws in week nine causing major ramifications for show

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The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025

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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 · Nov 22, 2025

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?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2025

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 · Nov 22, 2025

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 · Nov 19, 2025

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 · Nov 18, 2025

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

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The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

Strictly star La Voix pulls out of Blackpool episode after injury

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

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

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The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025

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 · Nov 15, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2025

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

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

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week eight of the competition

What the judges thought ahead of Blackpool week

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2025

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 Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025

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 · Nov 9, 2025

Sixth celebrity eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing

The judges’ vote was unanimous.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2025

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

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

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2025

Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week seven of BBC series

The judges have weighed in on the contestants’ performances

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