STRICTLY Come Dancing viewers fear for the show’s stars amid a huge shift for the quarter final stage.
Loyal fans of the BBC series have called out bosses’ decision to move the live programme to Friday, to accommodate the World Cup coverage from Qatar.
Strictly Come Dancing fans fear for the show star’s due to one huge change
The iconic BBC show has switched to Friday this week
It means Strictly Come Dancing celebs and their pro partners will have 24 hours less to train for the iconic musicals week.
They will also learn their fate a day earlier than usual, with the results show aired on Saturday instead of Sunday.
Viewers have taken to Twitter to call out the schedule switch up, with one raging: “Not to be stereotypical but I highly doubt the Strictly and World Cup viewers clash that much, stick one on BBC2 on Saturday.
“I feel sorry for the dancers having one less day to train.”
Another added: “So one less day to rehearse next week. Interesting. #Strictly.”
A third then added: “I wish they weren’t rescheduling TWO episodes of Strictly to fit around it.
“The celebs get one less day of training on two separate weeks, and regular viewers’ planning goes out the window, just for football, which could easily be on another channel.”
Meanwhile, the show’s quarter final stage came after Ellie Taylor broke down after being voted off in last week’s dance off.
The Ted Lasso actress, 38, and Strictly pro Johannes Radebe found themselves in the dance off for the first time last Sunday night.
They failed to impress the judges against the unbeatable Fleur East – who has landed in the bottom two multiple times – and they didn’t pick up a single vote from the panel for their jive to Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.
Taking to Instagram Ellie, who had once feared she couldn’t dance because of her “lankiness”, broke her silence on her exit and penned: “A wild flipping ride I never imagined would last as long as it did.
“@johannesradebe you are the best boyfriend I’ve ever had. Thank you for your laughter, your awful lyric learning and for letting me stare blankly into your beautiful face for 8 hours a day as you teach me what is left and what is right.
“Thank you for helping me make peace with my lankiness and making me believe that maybe I can, despite a lifetime of telling myself otherwise, dance.”
Strictly Come Dancing will return for musicals week on December 2 at 8pm, followed by the results show on December 3 at the earlier time of 5.40pm.
This means stars including Will Mellor have one day less to train
Fleur East survived last week’s Dance Off to make it to the quarter final
Ellie Taylor, far left, was evicted last week and broke down in tears discussing her show exit
