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Strictly Come Dancing set for a MASSIVE twist in Saturday’s show

One contestant is set to perform a completely non-traditional routine

Strictly Come Dancing is set for a huge twist in Saturday night’s Movie Week extravaganza.

For the first time ever on the BBC show, Susan Calman will break tradition and lead her professional dance partner Kevin Clifton in their performance this weekend.

The pair will perform a Wonder Woman-themed Samba in the hope of wowing the judges and get near the top of the leader board.

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Teasing her performance Susan, 43, said on Twitter: “So @keviclifton has choreographed a fab Samba routine. I lead and spin him for a change.”

She added: “Well, Wonder Woman would take charge wouldn’t she,” alongside a GIF of Wonder Woman smashing a sign which read ‘Patriarchy’.

It’s definitely going to be a change from the usual performances on the show but her fans are already excited to see the routine.

One replied to Susan’s tweet saying: “Going to be the best thing ever! Be gentle with him. With great power comes the responsibility not to spin Kevin into the crowd.”

Another added: “Love this! Smashing patriarchy through the medium of dance! Can’t wait for Saturday!”

“Oh wow! That sounds ‘wonderful’. Can’t wait,” a third said.

But how will it go down with the judges?

Last week Susan and Kevin scored 22 points for their performance and are hoping to improve their score with this week’s routine.

This all comes after Strictly faced some backlash for not including same-sex pairings on this year’s series.

Judge Craig Revel Horwood said it’s about time BBC introduce same-sex couples on the show.

He told ITV show Lorraine: “I think same-sex couples can exist!

“You only have to decide who’s going to go backwards really, that’s the only difference.”

Asked whether viewers could see same-sex couples in future, he said: “I hope so, I really hope so. In the world of competition there are same-sex couples…

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“So there’s no reason why that can’t happen. The Beeb have to decide whether they want to do that one year. I think it will probably happen next year.”

Last weekend we saw Holby City star Chizzy Akudolu sadly leave the show after being eliminated.

Meanwhile contestants JLS star Aston Merrygold, Debbie McGee and singer Alexandra Burke managed to wow the judges and bagged the top places on the leader board.

This week the stars will all take to the dance floor to try and win over judges and bag the top place once again.

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday (October 7) at 6.35pm on BBC One.


Rebecca Carter
Associate Editor (News)