Get into the swing of Strictly Come Dancing with Play Along Strictly Bingo

DUST off your dancing shoes and polish your sequin dresses until they sparkle. Strictly Come Dancing returns tomorrow night. JOIN SUN BINGO NOW AND YOU’LL RECEIVE A £25 BINGO BONUS* It’s been a year since former Lioness Karen Carney lifted the Glitterball Trophy with her dance partner, Carlos Gu. Now, there are 15 new hopefuls ready to show us their moves. However, each week we will be saying goodbye to another dancing celeb. From Olympians and Paralympians to reality TV stars and celebrity hairdressers, who will prove to be a ballroom natural and who will struggling to know their tango from their foxtrot? DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 75-BALL, 80-BALL AND 90-BALL BINGO? Of course, this year is also momentous because the contestants aren’t the only new faces on the dance floor. After 11 years of presenting the show together, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have passed on the baton to a new presenting team. Tess has hosted the show since its launch in 2004, first presenting alongside Sir Bruce Forsyth. While Claudia also became a part of the Strictly family in 2004, her role changed through the years. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF OUR SUNNY JOKES? From 2004-2010 she hosted the spin-off It Takes Two. In 2010, she began doing the Sunday results show with Tess. Then, in 2014, her and Tess formed the first female duo to host a primetime entertainment programme on British television. Now it’s time to welcome a new TRIO to the show as Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe try to fill their (dancing) shoes. WE ASKED OUR 10/10 CHAT HOST LOUISE 10 QUESTIONS So there’s plenty of exciting changes coming to the BBC Saturday night entertainment show… but what about the classic Strictly moments that are guaranteed to happen? Strictly wouldn’t be Strictly without them. Can you predict when they’ll happen? 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