{"id":99754,"date":"2023-11-14T23:09:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=99754"},"modified":"2023-11-14T23:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:09:59","slug":"vanessa-feltz-lifts-lid-on-mutinous-mutterings-about-strictlys-blackpool-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/celebrities\/vanessa-feltz-lifts-lid-on-mutinous-mutterings-about-strictlys-blackpool-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Feltz lifts lid on \u2018mutinous mutterings\u2019 about Strictly\u2019s Blackpool week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly: Angela Rippon performs her Paso Doble<\/h3>\n

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We knew it. We were waiting on red alert for it, every fibre and sinew tensed with anticipation. It happened within seconds. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, Strictly Come Dancing fans worldwide, here it was: the first portentous uttering of the \u2018B\u2019 word. Blackpool!<\/p>\n

\u201cBig night tonight. Lots at stake,\u201d breathed Tess Daly, imbuing every syllable with lashings of awe. \u201cNext week – Blackpool!\u201d<\/p>\n

From that moment, Blackpool was dangled like a juicy carrot in every judgely pronouncement. <\/span><\/p>\n

Was the palpitating celebrity going to be not simply \u201cdancing next week-ready\u201d, but – drum roll if you please – \u201challowed floor of the Blackpool Tower Ballroom-ready\u201d? We could feel the heat from our sofas.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Blackpool is Strictly\u2019s Mecca. Over 21 series the illuminated seaside resort has acquired the magical properties of Narnia, Oz and Shangri-La with an extra sprinkling of stardust. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m as much of a Blackpool enthusiast as the next woman – and of course would have loved to have lingered long enough to have made it there – but I can reveal that behind the scenes there are mutinous mutterings about schlepping to Blackpool.<\/span><\/p>\n

The majestic hair and makeup department find the relocation the most arduous. The space is small and dark; the inconvenience is immense. <\/span><\/p>\n

The wizards of the wardrobe – secrets from their sewing machines to be unfurled anon – dread the move. <\/span><\/p>\n

The pressure to make each Blackpool gown a tour de force, added to the precious time taken up travelling and cramped conditions, makes for frayed nerves. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tess is a Northerner so she\u2019s happy walking down memory lane, but her co-host Claudia Winkleman\u2019s thoughts on being ousted from her Metropolitan bubble and shoved into a Blackpool hostelry are shared only with her closest confidants.<\/p>\n

Celebrities are hit with a double whammy. They are dazzled with delight at surviving to dance at Blackpool and beset with nerves so pulverising they worry about collapsing at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n

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