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Jessica Sansome

BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans say this weekend's show has been 'spoiled' as dance and songs are revealed

Strictly Come Dancing fans have already said this weekend's show has been 'spoiled' as they discovered the song and dance choices for week four. Following Movie Week special last week, this Saturday will see the remaining 13 couples take to the ballroom with a brand new routine.

And the pairings will be hoping to impress following a shock dance-off in the BBC One dance contest last Sunday night. There were gasps when it was revealed that BBC Radio 2 star Richie Anderson and his partner Giovanni Pernice would have to dance again alongside Hits Radio's Fleur East and Vito Coppola after they failed to get enough votes from the public.

After the second public vote of the 20th series, both couples were revealed to have received the fewest votes and had to reprise their third-week dances with Richie and Giovanni performing their head-turning samba to Hakuna Matata from the much-loved Disney movie The Lion King.

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Meanwhile, former The X Factor contestant Fleur, 34, re-performed her American smooth to Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid with her dance partner, new Italian pro Vito. The results caused huge backlash, particularly towards head judge Shirley Ballas who went against her fellow judges decision to save Fleur and Vito.

But this weekend it's a brand new week and there are 13 new routines to look forward to. Ellie Simmonds and Nikita Jumzin will dance a Salsa to I Love Your Smile by Shanice while Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal will perform the same dance but to Ecuador by Sash! featuring Rodriguez.

American Smooths will come from Tony Adams and Katya Jones and Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer. Tony and Katya will perform theirs to With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker while Jayde and Karen will dance to Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler. There will also be a Viennese Waltz by Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe to Boom Bang A Bang by Lulu while Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima will dance the Samba to Volare by Gipsy Kings.

Hoping to avoid the dance-off this week, Fleur and Vito will perform an Argentine Tango to Paint it Black by Ciara while Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez will dance the Paso Doble to Tamacun by Rodrigo y Gabriela and Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu will dance the Cha Cha Cha to Do What I Do by Lady Bri.

While James Bye and Amy Dowden dance a Quickstep to Don't Get Me Wrong by The Pretenders, Matt Goss ad Nadiya Bychkova will perform a Jive to All Shook Up by Paul McCartney, and Will Mellor and Nancy Xu will perform the second rumba of the series to The Joker and The Queen by Ed Sheeran featuring Taylor Swift

And last, but by no means, least, after getting the first tens of the series last weekend, Tyler West and Dianne Buswell will be back on the floor with their Couples' Choice routine to a garage megamix in what has to be a Strictly first. But following a reveal of the routines, Strictly fans have spotted a problem.

Lisa Northfield wrote on Facebook: "Strictly you have spoilt things by having Argentine Tango in week 4. Fart too early - should be week 6 or 7 at least." Lois Hogarth echoed: "Far too early for an Argentine Tango." Kathy Thomas commented: "I’d rather wait to see Argentine Tango later in the series when all the celebs should have better posture, line and technique."

Emma Burgess added: "Bit early for Argentine Tango is it not?" Elizabeth Hall begged: "Please go back to comparable dances each week." Beth Hardcastle echoed: "Much prefer the format of a few years ago when the contestants had comparable dancers. So much fairer. Can’t compare street dancers with anything else."

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