As announced last week, former Arsenal/England player Paul Merson paid homage to his sport by performing the intriguing combination of an American Smooth dance to the popular football chant song “Vindaloo” by Fat Les on Saturday night (21 September).

In treacherous conditions, you need the sure feet of the mountain goat. And who better than Paul Merson to guide scandal-hit Strictly Come Dancing out of the dark and into the light, Jeff? Merson took his place this Saturday on an opening show that went off without anybody bullying each other,

Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly has spoken out about the controversy surrounding Paul Merson's song choice for the first live show of the series

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