Fans angry at yet another BBC Strictly Come Dancing schedule change

There was an unusual Strictly Come Dancing results show on Saturday, December 3 and as the episode came to a close, viewers were gutted to learn that next week's episodes would also be affected by the FIFA World Cup. This week, Strictly's main edition aired on Friday instead of Saturday to accommodate the global sporting championship.

This week's results show ended with Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman revealing that the schedule would be switched again next week because of the football. Instead of the traditional Saturday night live show followed by the results on Sunday, the semi final will go live next Sunday night with the results on Monday.

"We will be back next Sunday at 7.15 pm for our live semi-final you won't want to miss it," said Tess. Viewers took to social media to share their distaste.

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Viewers were generally unhappy with Tess and Claudia's schedule change announcement (BBC)

Manchester Evening News reports how one viewer wrote: "Bonkers just do the results show later on the Sunday night, we know the result show is prerecorded on the night, it makes no sense to show it on the Monday." A second agreed, commenting: "So stupid, why are they having the Semi on Sunday and results on Monday, just do it all on the Sunday FFS...."

A third wrote: "Just combine the main show and results show ffs," hoping that Strictly would return to its old format. And a fourth added: "Why can't the football move to BBC2 next Saturday so #Strictly can still be shown on Saturday. Just checked the schedule???????"

The remaining five couples will take to the dancefloor next week for Strictly Come Dancing's semi final, which will air on Sunday December 10 at 7.15pm, with the results show on Monday December 11 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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