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Speaking to MailOnline ahead of the long-awaited new series, producer Sarah James revealed that many of the changes introduced last series will continue this year, including couples' forming bubbles to ensure they can train and perform safely.

However one major change for this series is that any celebrity who tests positive may not have to automatically withdraw from the competition, with Sarah revealing they just miss a week of the show so they can isolate for 10 days

Explaining the changes to this year's Covid protocols, Sarah told MailOnline: 'Sadly there will be some protocols in place this year with Covid still being around, some stuff is better than last year and some stuff is kind of the same.

'The professional dancers are all in a hotel together in a household and we're recording most of the group numbers for the series, and then when we get into the live shows they will be tested weekly and they'll bubble up with their celebrities and we'll keep them all distanced from each other; they'll be sitting in the audience like last year.'

'Keeping everybody safe is the show's priority, we will have a limited audience like last year, and the better news is last year the isolation period if you received a positive test for 14 days, if a celebrity receives a positive test, it doesn't necessarily means they have to leave the competition. They might miss a week.'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...protocols.html