Strictly viewers in tears as child dancers perform at Blackpool Tower alongside the professionals
STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers were left in tears after an emotional opening performance.
The BBC dancing competition aired its results show live from Blackpool Tower on Sunday evening.
As the show came on air a video package played showing the professionals talking about their early days of dancing as children.
The show then cut to the ballroom as a spectacular performance from Eurovision star Sam Ryder took place as he sang John Farnham’s You’re the Voice.
The professional dancers took to the floor alongside their younger counterparts which had the audience and viewers wowed.
Taking to social media, viewers revealed the performance had left them in tears.
“The kids on #Strictly have made my heart MELT. Great performance from #SamRyder,” said one fan.
Another said: “Amazing from sam ryder and those kids were just fab-u-lous!!”
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“God that pro routine really hit me right in the feelings,” said a third viewer.
On Saturday, Fleur East turned in the performance of the night, dancing a Couple’s Choice to a Destiny’s Child megamix and scoring the first 40 alongside her partner Vito.
But at the other end of the table, Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe came in last – but with a highly respectable score of 31.
However, Molly and Carlos were the first couple to be voted for the dance-off and were shortly joined by Tyler West and Diane Buswell.
Strictly Come Dancing has returned to the iconic Tower Ballroom for the first time in three years due to the Covid pandemic.