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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Tower ballroom - Caught on Camera

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

Strictly 2023 leaderboard: The scores from week nine as competition returned to Blackpool

Who topped the leaderboard in the iconic Tower Ballroom?

The Independent UK

Strictly 2023 leaderboard: The scores from week nine as competition returns to Blackpool

Who topped the leaderboard in the iconic Tower Ballroom?

The Independent UK

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Strictly Come Dancing: Blackpool results – as it happened

The annual Blackpool special saw high scores but still no perfect 40. After a surprise dance-off in the Tower Ballroom, whose trip to the seaside would be a washout?

The Guardian - UK

Inside Strictly’s Blackpool history, from Angela Rippon’s Come Dancing to the show’s first ever ‘40’

As the BBC’s dance competition returns to the Tower Ballroom, Isobel Lewis explores the town’s dance history, and how ‘Blackpool Week’ became a ‘Strictly’ institution

The Independent UK

Strictly: Tyler West is eighth celebrity to leave show as judges struggle with ‘difficult’ dance-off decision

Who was sent packing from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom?

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing: Fleur East scores first perfect 40 as show returns to Blackpool

Saturday’s episode saw the BBC competition return to the town’s prestigious Tower Ballroom for the first time since 2019.

Evening Standard

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Blackpool 'a special place' to dance, insists Strictly's Jowita Przystal

Dance partner Hamza Yassin told to prepare for 'overwhelming' experience when couple perform at Tower Ballroom

Wales Online

Inside eerie abandoned dance venue left to rot after decades of legendary nights

The Tower Ballroom was a much-loved venue since its early years as dance hall and later as a club venue, but it has put on the market again and images have emerged of its current state

Daily Mirror

‘The glitter ball wouldn’t fit through the door of Blackpool Tower Ballroom’ – how we made Strictly Come Dancing

‘After the first episode, people complained: “This isn’t Come Dancing.” I had to go on Points of View to defend it’

The Guardian - UK

Strictly Come Dancing stars will be performing at the legendary Tower Ballroom next year

Strictly Come Dancing is set to return to the legendary Tower Ballroom next year to perform the American super smooth

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