Update as Strictly Come Dancing fans share fears Halloween Week has been cancelled

By Nancy Brown

21 Oct 2025, 16:48

Tags: Celebrity Exclusives, Entertainment, Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing fans have shared their outrage after the BBC appeared to cancel Halloween Week and replace it with this weekend’s Icons Week.

This Saturday (October 25), the remaining couples will take to the ballroom floor and pay tribute to their musical icons. However, with Saturday’s show falling days before Halloween, what’s happened to the annual spooktacular?

La Voix dancing on Strictly — La Voix and Aljaz are back for this weekend’s show, but it isn’t Halloween Week (Credit: BBC)

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Strictly Halloween special will air after all!

This Saturday, Strictly Come Dancing fans will be given the fright of their lives as they sit down to watch the BBC ballroom dancing show. And that’s because they’ll find the remaining contestants taking part in Icons Week, not Halloween Week.

One posted on socials and asked: “Aren’t we getting a Halloween week this year?” Another shared: “”“”

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