Strictly Come Dancing opener with first same-sex couple proves a hit
first ever same-sex routine with fellow professional Graziano di Prima in November 2019.Strictly received 189 complaints after Radebe and Di Prima’s performance, with the BBC’s official complaints process stating that viewers “[found it] offensive to feature two men dancing as a pair”.In September, the BBC announced that Adams had requested and would be paired with a same-sex partner, after the corporation said it would be “completely open” to having same-sex couples compete on Strictly, following its previous stance of having no plans to change the mixed-sex format.The 2020 opener markedly improved on last year, which launched with an average audience of 7.8 million, which was down on 2018’s total of 8.1 million and 8.8 million in 2017.The