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Strictly icon Arlene Phillips says BBC put her in grim hotel for Blackpool stay
Strictly icon Arlene Phillips says BBC put her in grim hotel for Blackpool stay,EXCLUSIVE Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips has revealed that during the first-ever series of the show the judges couldn't believe the state of the "dirty" hotel

Strictly icon Arlene Phillips says BBC put her in grim hotel for Blackpool stay

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips has recalled the state of the Blackpool hotel the BBC put the judges up in.

During series one of Strictly in 2004, Arlene remembers being checked into a hotel that was "not clean" for the special segment of the show.

Arlene 79, exclusively told us: "All I can remember is the first time we went to Blackpool the hotel we went in was sort of promenade hotel and it was neither very clean nor very nice.

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"We could not believe it, we came to Blackpool and we were staying in a less than three stars hotel.

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Arlene left the show 13 years ago (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX)