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X Factor final to clash with BBC ‘Sports Personality Of The Year awards’

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BBC bosses are upset with The X Factor again, this time because of the scheduling of their final show.

The final X Factor result show will air on Sunday the 13th of December and will clash with the BBC’s Sports Personality Of The Year awards.

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Dirty Dancing-Patrick Swayze tribute on tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing

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Strictly Come Dancing stars will perform a tribute to Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze on tonight’s show.

Dancers Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff will perform a routine for the film’s tune She’s Like The Wind.

A Strictly insider told The Sun: “Kristina is a big fan of Patrick and asked the show if she could do a tribute.”

Strictly Come Dancing: Bruce Forsyth to miss Saturday’s show due to flu

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Bruce Forsyth will not appear on tomorrow night’s episode of Strictly Come Dancing because he has come down with flu.

The BBC reports that fellow host Tess Daly will take over Bruce’s role of presenting the contestant to the judges, but it is not clear if someone else will take on Tess’s backstage duties.

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The Apprentice 2010 moved back until June

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Fan of BBC’s reality TV show The Apprentice, will be disappointed to hear that the show has been moved from its normal March slot to June of 2010.

The scheduling change took place because of Alan Sugar’s role as Gordon Brown’s enterprise tsar. The BBC can’t take the risk of the show colliding with a British general election due to rules of impartiality.

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Karen Hardy coaches Kate Walsh and Phil Taylor

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The Apprentice’ star Kate Walsh might have got further in the boardroom, but her boyfriend (and fellow ‘Apprentice’ star) Phil Taylor insists he’s going to be the boss of the ballroom!

‘Strictly’ pro-dancer Karen Hardy is giving dance fans Phil, 29, and Kate, 27, a treat with some expert dance classes. The pair are tango’ing every day this week on Kate’s show, ‘Live From Studio Five’, but after witnessing his first attempt, Little Miss Showbiz wasn’t impressed!

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Ali Bastian, Natalie Cassidy and Zoe Lucker sign up for Strictly Come Dancing 2009 Tour

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Ali Bastian, Natalie Cassidy and Zoe Lucker have all signed up for the upcoming Strictly Come Dancing tour. Joining them on the dancefloor will be previous contestants Kelly Brook, Austin Healey and Mark Ramprakash.

Arlene Philips, will also make a return to the judging panel and will once more sit beside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Craig Revel Horwood

Strictly Come Dancing: Craig Kelly ‘I won’t make the final’

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Craig Kelly has claimed that he won’t make the Strictly Come Dancing final but said that he is happy to have made it as far as the Blackpool stage of the show.

Speaking on Channel 4’s Paul O’Grady show, he said: “I’m happy because I won’t make the final. I’m just okay and the others are great.

“I am so happy to be going to Blackpool this weekend though. It was my absolute goal to make it there.”

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Strictly Come Dancing: Jade Johnson and Ian Waite fight over The Jive

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Strictly Come Dancing contestant Jade Johnson has reportedly been losing her temper with her partner Ian Waite, after she struggled to master this week’s dance The Jive.

An insider told The Sun: “Jade is a really strong personality. She’s in it to win it and she won’t accept second best from herself – or Ian. They are getting very frustrated and Jade is used to picking things up much more quickly than this.

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Jools Oliver for Strictly Come Dancing 2010?

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Jools Oliver has admitted that she would love to appear on Strictly Come Dancing next year.

“I’d love to go on Strictly Come Dancing,” she told Red.

The wife of celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver admitted that she has chatted to her husband about going on the show.

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Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster make it a family affair on Strictly Come Dancing

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Rod Stewart has been revealed as the musical guest for this Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing, which comes live from Blackpool Tower Ballroom, the home of ballroom dancing. Rod will be performing the hit ‘Same Old Song’ – and will be joined by his wife, and former Strictly contestant, Penny Lancaster, making it a real family affair!

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Zoe Lucker voted off Strictly Come Dancing

Actress Zoe Lucker tonight became the seventh celebrity to be voted off the seventh series of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing.

In week seven of the competition, all 10 of the remaining celebrity contestants and their professional dance partners took to the floor to perform a variety of dances.

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Strictly Come Dancing professionals complain about tour pay

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The Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers have been complaining about their pay once more. This time they are reportedly up in arms over their salary for the upcoming tour.

The News of the World reports that celebrities will be paid £11,000 a week for the tour, while the professional dancers will only be paid £5,500 per week.

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Strictly Come Dancing: Jade Johnson & Ian Waite In Car Crash

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Strictly Come Dancers, Jade Johnson and Ian Waite were involved in a car crash yesterday. The pair were traveling to the rehearsal studios when the two car collision occurred.

A source on the BBC1 show told The Sun: “Ian and Jade were quite shaken up. They were saying, ‘Oh my God, we’ve just crashed.

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Strictly Come Dancing: Craig Kelly ‘I’m no John Sergeant’

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Strictly Come Dancing star Craig Kelly has insisted that he is not aspiring to be a comedy figure like John Sergeant, despite his apparent lack of dancing skills.

John won the hearts of the British public last year with his awful dancing and jolly nature, but Craig insists that he has more potential than that.

The former Coronation Street actor told The Sun:

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Louise Redknapp to judge on So You Think You Can Dance UK

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WAG and former singer Louise Redknapp, has reportedly been signed as a third judge on BBC’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’

Louise performed many dance routines when she sang with Eternal and later, in her own solo career.

She will join former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips and Nasty Nigel Lythgoe on the panel, whilst Cat Deeley will return to the UK to present the show.

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