Glitter, vacuuming and some fairly itchy outfits; the reality of Strictly behind the fabulous scenes

It’s a long one for the audience too who are asked to come and queue from the morning and advised, if you are not early, you may not get in at all and to eat a big meal beforehand. When you finally make it through the door after walking through the buzz of Blackpool’s ‘Christmas by the sea’ extravaganza, and past streets closed off for production trucks, everyone is asked asked to sacrifice phones for the entire shebang to stop spoilers . And once in that’s it.

Ah, Claudia. When she arrives on the stage with co-presenter Tess Daly, the pair are instantly likeable, not least as the flawless-looking but clearly desperately uncomfortable Claudia, sporting a tight black-flared jumpsuit under which she is struggling with her support underwear, keeps squatting, scratching and gurning as she tried to come to terms with her outfit and warm up her face.

Once the live show was over it was time for everybody to queue for the loo and re-set for the recording of Sunday’s show. This is where warm-up man and comedian Stuart Holdham came into his own. Not enough can be said for Stuart who held the whole thing together, keeping the enormous audience laughing and motivated, sharing one-liners. “Do you know how Sam gets his hair life this?’” he asked the audience. ‘It’s because Claudia has given him some Head and Shoulders”.

BBC handout photo of Fleur East and Vito Coppola during the live show of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1. Guy Levy/BBC/PA WireBBC handout photo of Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez during the live show of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1. Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire

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