Strictly Come Dancing will be a smaller show with no touchy feely antics when it airs this autumn, Daily Star can reveal.
BBC entertainment controller Kate Phillips has opened up about the race to get their juggernaut on TV in October with new Covid-19 guidelines.
She said: “There is a feeling if Strictly is back then all is OK with the world.”
New measures have been drawn up on staging a socially distanced dance series with regular testing and temperature checks.
Kate explained the show, hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, will be “smaller” as it is starting later and won’t last as long and the glitzy ballroom set is also being reduced.
There will be ‘no touchy feely antics’ on Strictly when it airs this autumn (Image: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
She said: “It’s a slightly shorter run and we can’t have a big audience.
“You don’t want that big setting if you haven’t got a massive audience.”
However, if there is a second wave of the virus and no audience is allowed, Strictly will still happen.
She added: “I’ve looked at international versions. Some have already done it during lockdown and we could see it was doable without an audience.”
The show will also be will be ‘smaller’ and won’t last as long (Image: PA)
In a bid to avoid cross-infection, celebrities and their pro dance partners will stay isolated from the other couples in their own “bubbles”.
Contact will be “minimised” so the usual hugs and kisses after dances are banned.
Kate explained: “The celebrities will have contact with their partner and work together closely. We will minimise contact with the others.
“If someone tests positive for Covid then it would just be them and their partner affected. Everyone else could hopefully continue.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
