Craig Revel Horwood

The seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing commenced on BBC One on 18 September 2009. Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned as presenters together with Craig Revel Horwood, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli as judges. Series 5 winner, Alesha Dixon, joined the judging panel, replacing Arlene Phillips. Darcey Bussell was a guest judge from the quarter final onwards. Series 6 of Strictly Come Dancing Live Show winner Camilla Dallerup, series 4 winner Karen Hardy and Hayley Holt were replaced as professional female dancers by Aliona Vilani, Katya Virshilas and Natalie Lowe. The show on 7 November was filmed from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom for ... Read Full Story

The Strictly Come Dancing Live show is broadcast from a specially constructed set at the BBC Television Centre. However, in the first two series, Strictly Come Dancing Live shows were also filmed at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, where the original Come Dancing series was filmed in the 1970s. In the second series, two shows were filmed at the Tower Ballroom, show five and the Grand Final which was broadcast live on 11 December 2004. In 2005 though the BBC announced that they would not be returning to the venue for the third series of Strictly Come Dancing Live show due to "logistical problems". ... Read Full Story

Source: Dailymail.co.uk It’s not unusual for the Strictly judges to disagree about the dancing. But on Saturday night, their squabbles boiled over into a full-blown row. Head judge Len Goodman had clearly had his fill of the catty remarks being made about the performance of Ricky Groves and his partner Erin Boag. Bruno Tonioli had described Groves’s rumba to the Bond theme Licence to Kill as ‘terrible’ adding: ‘Daniel Craig you have nothing to worry about. That was like a licence to kill the rumba.’ Then Craig Revel Horwood described the dance as ‘awkward’ adding that he thought ‘the entire routine was very conceited’. ... Read Full Story

John Sergeant has quit 'Strictly Come Dancing'. The former journalist - who has been nicknamed 'The Dancing Pig' following his shambolic performances on the TV talent show - has decided to take himself out of the competition , after judges accused viewers of voting on who they favorite rather than the best dancer on the BBC programme. In a statement, John, 64, said: "The trouble is that there is now a real danger that I might win the competition. Even for me that would be a joke too far." BBC one controller Jay Hunt added: "We are very sad to see him go." Last ... Read Full Story

Strictly speaking they were a rather unlikely pair of dance partners. But there was no stopping the Duchess of Cornwall from taking a twirl with judge Craig Revel Horwood today. And to the astonishment of many - not least the normally acid-tongued judge himself - Camilla proved rather light on her feet as she executed a decidedly half-decent Cha-cha-cha. The Duchess of Cornwall and Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood during a visit to St Clement Danes CE Primary School Taking the royal’s hand, the Strictly Come Dancing star cheekily urged Camilla to ’show a little bit of hip action’ and move her ... Read Full Story