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Jessica Sansome & Mya Bollan

What time is Strictly Come Dancing on tonight as start changed amid judging shake up

Strictly Come Dancing is back on our screens tonight as the grand final edges closer.

The ballroom will be transformed into a theatre as the stakes rise for Musicals Week.

From Mary Poppins to Footloose, we are in for a treat as the celebs take on legendary tunes from our favourite stage shows.

However, there are a few differences this week including the start time and the judging panel, reports Manchester Evening News.

Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are in their usual spots tonight, steering the Strictly ship, but there will be one person missing.

When the show returns at the earlier time of 6.35pm on Saturday on BBC One , Craig Revel Horwood will be absent from the panel after testing positive for coronavirus earlier this week.

Grammy award-winning actress and singer Cynthia Erivo will instead join Anton Du Beke, Shirley Ballas, and Motsi Mabuse on the judging panel for the musicals special.

And the couple's songs and dances have already been revealed.

Dan Walker will be hoping to impress when he takes on a challenging Charleston to Good Morning from Singin’ In The Rain with his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova.

Tilly Ramsay and her partner Nikita Kuzmin will take on a couple’s choice dance to Revolting Children from Matilda, while McFly singer Tom Fletcher and partner Amy Dowden will also perform a couple’s choice to On My Own from Les Miserables.

Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite and Johannes Radebe will perform a Viennese waltz to Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins, while BBC presenter Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu will jive to the theme from Footloose.

EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and her pro partner Giovanni Pernice will take on a quickstep to Love Is An Open Door from Disney’s Frozen, and TV presenter AJ Odudu will waltz to Edelweiss from The Sound Of Music alongside her partner Kai Widdrington.

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