Tess Daly, Claudia Winkleman and the Strictly entourage head to Blackpool's world-famous Tower Ballroom, the spiritual home of dancing. Over the years its elegant surroundings have been host to thousands of amateur and professional dancers - and tonight the tradition continues as the celebrity hoofers and their partners battle to get their names at the top of the leaderboard and avoid the fate of last week's eliminated couple.

Blackpool Tower was lit up in Strictly Come Dancing colours this evening ahead of the show's Blackpool Week. Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content,