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90 seconds on the dance floor is much harder than 90 minutes on a football pitch

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November 23, 2025

KAREN'S BLACKPOOL BALLROOM BLITZ

- BY JULIA KUTTNER

90 seconds on the dance floor is much harder than 90 minutes on a football pitch

Left, Balvinder and Julian. Right, Lewis and Katya

FORMER England international Karen Carney says Strictly Come Dancing has given her "joy", rebuilt her confidence and "rewired" her outlook after more than two decades in football.

Karen was in Blackpool for last night's extravaganza, broadcast live from the Tower Ballroom, where she and pro partner Carlos Gu, 30, scored 39 points for their paso doble to O Fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, in one of the most anticipated shows of the series.

Judge Anton Du Beke described their performance as an "absolute tour de force".

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