BBC Strictly Come Dancing viewers do double take as they're distracted by Carlos Gu

Halloween Week has arrived in the Strictly ballroom as week six of the competition is well underway. However, some viewers of the dancing competition were left distracted by Carlos Gu on Saturday (October 26).

Chris McCausland and Diane Buswell were the first couple to take to the dancefloor this week and gave a spooky Samba to Stayin Alive' by The Bee Gees. After hearing criticisms from the judges the duo headed up stairs in the studio to speak to host Claudia Winkleman.

As Chris and Diane gave a debrief on their dance and waited for the judges scores, pro dancer Carlos appeared on-screen dressed exactly the same as Claudia.

The pro dancer, 31, wore a black wig mimicking Claudia's trade mark hair style, teamed with a black blazer and leopard print trousers leaving viewers doing a double take.

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Taking to social media, one confused Strictly viewer asked: "Who’s that other “Claudia”? #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly."

While a second wrote on X: "Carlos dressed as Claudia is amazing! #Strictly", as another simply added: "Carlos", followed by a laughing face. "Oh it’s Carlos, I thought it was Karen! #Strictly #DoubleClaude", exclaimed another.

Another chimed in: "There’s two Claudia’s I had to take two #strictly #StrictlyComeDancing."

There are currently 11 celebrity couples left all hoping to lift the all important Glitterball trophy. Bookmakers have made Dr Punam Krishan and her professional dance partner Gorka Marquez the favourites to be eliminated from the show this week.

They received enough votes from viewers to avoid the dreaded dance-off last Sunday after finishing second bottom in the judges’ leader board. Olympian Sam Quek and partner could join them in the dance-off after their odds of elimination were slashed from 33/1 to 7/2.

Last week, JLS star JB Gill and Amy Dowden were in the dance-off last week against Paul Merson and pro dancer Karen Hauer.

For Halloween they will will dance a Foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader while Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell favourites to win.

The Strictly Come Dancing live show airs every Saturday on BBC One and iPlayer with the results show following on Sunday