BBC Strictly Come Dancing quarter-final time tonight and sogns and dances for Musicals Week

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The weeks have been whizzing by on Strictly Come Dancing and by the end of this weekend, fans will have decided who has made the semi-final, taking them one step closer to lifting the Glitterball trophy.

There are currently six celebrities and their professional dance partners left in the competition and during their latest stint in the ballroom, the couples will perform to a string of well known songs from the stage as the Musicals Week special takes place.

Last weekend, Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec became the first couple in the 2024 series to receive a perfect score of 40 out of 40 from the judges - Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke - following their American Smooth to Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro says star 'will definitely be in the bottom two' ahead of final But in an added twist, there was everything to play for on the dance floor as not only did the couples have the chance to perform their planned routines they'd been training for all week, they also had the chance to pick up some extra points - changing the BBC One dance contest's latest leaderboard.

For the first time in six years, all of the contestants then took part in a Samba-Thon. Having performed their planned routines, the remaining Strictly couples returned to the ballroom floor together to impress the judges with their best Samba moves and were eliminated one-by-one before a winner was confirmed.