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12th Dec 2017

There’s going to be a big change to this year’s Strictly Come Dancing finale

What do you think?

Keeley Ryan

Strictly Come Dancing

And it’s good news for the couples.

The Strictly Come Dancing grand finale is almost here.

Which means it’s time to see which of the final four celebs and their professional partners will be waltzing away with the Glitterball Trophy.

But it’s now been confirmed there’s going to be a pretty big change to the format of this year’s finale.

Previous series’ have seen all four couples in the final perform two dances, before one gets voted out in the first half.

This meant that there would be three finalists performing their third dance before the final results were revealed and the winner was chosen.

But the show confirmed on Monday that there would be no early elimination during the final this weekend.

And it sounds like the viewers’ input is going to be particularly important this weekend.

Rather than a combination of the public’s favourites and the judges’ scores, the BBC Strictly Twitter account said the final results would all be down to the public.

This will leave the four finalists, Joe McFadden, Gemma Atkinson, Alexandra Burke and Debbie McGee, performing all three dances – a Judges’ Pick, a Showdance and their own Favourite Dance – to show viewers at home why they should be the one to lift the Glitterball Trophy.

It comes as the first eight dances of the series’ Grand Final were revealed on Tuesday.

The Judges’ Pick and Showdance categories were both revealed, with the final routine to be announced on Saturday night’s show.

Check out the Judges’ Pick and Showdance categories below:

The Judges’ Pick

  • Debbie McGee and Giovanni Pernice will perform a Salsa to Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Boys Town Gang
  • Alexandra Burke and Gorka Marquez American Smooth to Wouldn’t It Be Lovely from My Fair Lady
  • Joe McFadden and Katya Jones will Viennese Waltz to Somewhere My Love from Dr Zhivago
  • Gemma Atkinson and Aljaz Skorjanec dance the Paso Doble to Viva La Vida by Coldplay

Showdance

  • Debbie McGee and Giovanni Pernice will Showdance to One Day I’ll Fly Away by Vaults
  • Alexandra Burke and Gorka Marquez will Showdance to There’s No Business Like Showbusiness by Ethel Merman
  • Joe McFadden and Katya Jones Showdance to You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates
  • Gemma Atkinson and Aljaz Skorjanec Showdance to Show Me How You Burlesque by Christina Aguilera