Strictly Come Dancing on Tuesday revealed the full line-up for its 2025 UK tour, which kicks off in the new year – but two big stars are missing.
Actor Jamie Borthwick, opera singer Wynne Evans, JB Gill and Tasha Ghouri will once again step into their dancing shoes.
They will be joined by their previously announced Gladiator and Olympian co-stars Montell Douglas, actress Sarah Hadland and singer Shayne Ward.
Sadly, semi-finalists Pete Wicks and Chris McCausland are missing and this hasn’t gone unnoticed by fans of the show.
Celebrity contestants who appeared on this year’s 20th anniversary game show series will take the show across the country from January 17 to February 9.
They will be joined by Strictly judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and, for the first time on the tour, Motsi Mabuse.
Strictly Come Dancing on Tuesday revealed the full line-up for its 2025 UK tour, which kicks off in the new year.
JB Gill and Tasha Ghouri will put on their dancing shoes again
Meanwhile, It Takes Two’s Janette Manrara will return to host the tour once again.
On the other hand, the songs and dances for the Strictly Come Dancing 2024 semi-final have been revealed.
Following Montell’s departure as the 10th celebrity eliminated during Musicals Week, the competition is heating up with a fresh and diverse lineup of songs on the lineup for next week.
On Tuesday, the official Strictly Instagram account revealed what the final five couples will be performing in the semi-finals.
Each couple will perform twice, offering exciting variety in the 10 chosen routines.
Tasha and Aljaž Škorjanec will perform a waltz to Aretha Franklin’s (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman and a salsa to Girls Aloud’s Something New.
While Sarah and Vito Coppola will perform the tango from Fleetwood Mac’s Big Love, followed by a Jive of The Pointer Sisters’ hit, I’m So Excited.
JB and Lauren Oakley will dance salsa to Basement Jaxx’s Red Alert, before performing the Paso Doble to Clint Mansell’s Requiem for a Tower.
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell will bring the energy with a Charleston to When You’re Smiling by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, before slowing down with a Viennese waltz to Nothing Else Matters by Metallica.
Actor Jamie Borthwick and opera singer Wynne Evans will also join the lineup.
Strict judges Shirley Ballas (pictured), Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood will also take part and, for the first time on the tour, will be joined by Motsi Mabuse.
On the other hand, the songs and dances for the Strictly Come Dancing 2024 semi-final have been revealed.
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell will dance the Charleston to ‘When You’re Smiling’ by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn and the Viennese Waltz to ‘Nothing Else Matters’ by Metallica
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola perform tango to ‘Big Love’ by Fleetwood Mac and a Jive to ‘I’m So Excited’ by The Pointer Sisters
JB Gill and Lauren Oakley will perform a salsa to ‘Red Alert’ by Basement Jaxx and Paso Doble to ‘Requiem for a Tower’ by Clint Mansell
Last but not least, Pete and Jowita Przystal will perform an Argentine tango to The Verve’s ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ and a foxtrot to Bobby Darin’s ‘Beyond the Sea’.
And last but not least, Pete and Jowita Przystal will perform an Argentine tango to The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony and a foxtrot to Bobby Darin’s Beyond the Sea.
Montell was ultimately unsuccessful at Sunday night’s dance, as she became the tenth celebrity to be sent packing from Strictly Come Dancing during Musicals Week.
The Gladiators star, 38, and his professional partner Johannes Radebe finished in the bottom two of the public vote for the third week in a row, ahead of Tasha and Aljaž.
The first to take to the dance floor, Montell and Johannes performed their Rumba with I’m Here from the musical The Color Purple, followed by Tasha and Aljaž’s Argentine tango with Ex-Wives by Six.
After both couples danced with all their might, the judges gave their verdict and Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke chose to save Tasha and Aljaž.
While head judge Shirley Ballas agreed with her fellow judges and said she too would have decided to send Montell and Johannes home.
Despite narrowly missing out on a place in the semi-finals, Montell gushed about his experience on the show and described how his confidence had grown, while Johannes had become his “friend and brother”.