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Strictly Come Dancing cancelled next Saturday – and fans are raging

The show will not air due to football

Strictly Come Dancing has been cancelled next Saturday night and fans are not happy.

Due to the World Cup, the Strictly semi final will not air on Saturday December 10.

Instead viewers will have to wait a whole 24 hours to see the live performance.

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When is Strictly on next week after Saturday show is cancelled?

The dancing contest has confirmed the semi final will air on Sunday December 11 at 7.15pm.

The Strictly results show will then be on on Monday December 12 at 8.15pm.

It means Saturday night’s viewing will be very different for loyal fans!

And those fans are not impressed with the news.

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Fans react

After the show announced the news on Sunday night, fans reacted to the Instagram post.

“Why not just put it on BBC Two for everyone who doesn’t want to watch the football?!?” asked one.

“Move the football not Strictly!” said another.

A third added: “Nooooooo stop bloody changing it ffs. I like my Saturday Strictly nights.”

“Just but the blinkin football on BBC Two and stop messing with the dancing,” agreed someone else.

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Carena Crawford
Group Managing Editor (Soaps)