'Major revamp' planned for 'Strictly'

Strictly Come Dancing will be revamped after losing its ratings lead over The X Factor this year, according to a report.

The BBC One ballroom show had consistently proved to be more popular than ITV1's talent search in previous seasons, but audience figures show that it has trailed behind its rival this year.

Show producers are now said to be planning a major shake-up, which would see a greater focus on younger celebrities and a return to the live Saturday night results format.

A source told the News of the World: "This has been the most boring Strictly series. There's real concern viewers have turned away and won't come back, so next year the show will be completely revamped.

"X Factor has always been very good at reinventing itself. Strictly has stayed traditional but this series it just looked old and tired."

Last year, executives decided to pre-record the results episodes for broadcast on Sunday nights each week. However, the show's team apparently now believe that the move was a mistake.

The insider explained: "The problem with delaying the results until Sunday is that the show loses a lot of buzz. With X Factor there's an excitement about finding out who's going to go that night."

Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup were voted as the programme's latest winners in the live final last night.

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