Strictly Come Dancing schedule change - what time Strictly is on tonight?

Strictly Come Dancing will air at a different time tonight after a slight schedule change by the BBC.

The show will air slightly later than usual, but earlier than last week's instalment.

Usually, Strictly starts at 6.45pm or 7pm, after The Hit List.

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But tonight Strictly will start at 7.05pm.

Sports star Ugo Monye will return to the Strictly ballroom to perform a rumba, after a week off with back problems.

The former rugby player and professional partner Oti Mabuse were absent from the show last week as he rested and sought treatment.

Strictly Come Dancing start time as schedule changed (BBC)

Tonight, Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty and partner Katya Jones will follow up their headline-making Argentine tango to Fleetwood Mac's Tango In The Night with a samba to Faith by George Michael.

Ugo will dance the notoriously challenging rumba to Leave The Door Open by Bruno Mars.

Meanwhile, McFly's Tom Fletcher and Amy Dowden will do a salsa to Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles and chef John Whaite and Johannes Radebe will tackle a charleston to Milord by Edith Piaf.

Soap star Rose Ayling-Ellis will dance the Viennese waltz with Giovanni Pernice to Fallin' by Alicia Keys, while Loose Women's Judi Love - who survived the dance-off last week - will be hoping to avoid a similar fate this week with a cha cha to Physical by Olivia Newton-John with partner Graziano Di Prima.

Last week, Greg Wise was the third celebrity contestant to be eliminated.

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