STRICTLY Come Dancing fans are ‘still fuming’ over a major show change.
Just seconds into tonight’s edition of the long-running BBC programme, fans begged bosses to bring their favourite segment back.
Previously on Strictly Come Dancing, a booming voiceover would welcome viewers to the show after the title sequence on BBC One.
Then both of the presenters would walk down the studio staircase as they made their entrance to the glitzy ballroom.
For the anticipated 2024 series of the celebrity dancing competition, bosses seemed to make a huge change.
Long-time fans noticed that Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman no longer make a grand entrance.
Instead they are just stood in position on the band’s podium as they provide a more simple introduction.
This is despite the fact that both the judges get to perform a routine and the contestant pairings make their way in one-by-one.
Many enthusiasts took to social to complain about the format change as they begged bosses to bring the grand entrance back.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, one angry fan exclaimed: “BRING BACK THE TESS & CLAUDIA WALK IN INTRO!”
A second echoed: “Pack this in! Bring back Tess and Claudia’s walk on!”
“It’s really jarring Strictly starting and Tess & Claudia just standing there – why do they not get their intro any more?,” wrote a third user.
While a fourth stated: “It threw me off that Tess and Claudia were already standing on the stage and weren’t announced/did their little beginning skit. WHY? WHYYYYY?”
“I HATE the way they don’t introduce Tess and Claudia anymore with the “Live from the BBC” and Dave Arch wagging his finger… really takes away from the atmosphere,” noted a fifth viewer.
And a sixth added: “The format changes with Claudia and Tess just standing there after the credits and the judges and contestants coming out to random songs instead of the theme were jarring at first and remain awful. Change it back immediately!”
Here's who is matched with who this series...
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell
Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas
JB Gill and Amy Dowden MBE
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe
Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk
Paul Merson and Karen Hauer
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał
Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez
Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec
Tom Dean MBE and Nadiya Bychkova
Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones
Sam Quek MBE and Nikita Kuzmin
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola
Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones
Strictly Come Dancing is available to watch on BBC One and stream on BBC iPlayer.
