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Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left fuming as two finalists pulled out of the upcoming live tour, which will see the 2025 contestants and their professional partners dance their way around the UK next year. Neither Karen Carney or Amber Davies will be seen in next year's show, while Balvinder Sopal has also pulled out of appearing.

Alex Kingston will also not be seen in the live tour next year after making it to week 10 before she was forced to leave due to injury. However, Emmerdale star Lewis Cope, who left at the quarter-final, will appear in the tour, along with finalist George Clarke. Fans can also see Vicky Pattison, La Voix, Ellie Goldstein and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey in the upcoming tour line-up.

Amber is unavailable to star in the tour as she is instead appearing in Legally Blonde: The Musical at the start of 2026. It means her pro partner Nikita Kuzmin will instead team up with his 2023 celeb, Layton Williams.

Balvinder has to film for BBC soap EastEnders so will be unable to travel around the country for the tour.

George will miss 11 dates of the new tour due to prior commitments, while Lewis will miss eight.

Fans on Reddit weren't happy about the news, with one fuming: "I know it's a huge commitment for the celebs to do the tour. But three out of the four semi-finalists not being on it is pretty poor from the producers to be honest. I'd like to see something that says if you make the semi-finals then you need to do the tour."

Another said: "I'm really happy for Nikita that Layton is doing around half the dates, they'll both have a blast doing it. It's a shame Karen couldn't do any dates, but understandable they all have prior commitments."

Someone else said: "Amber is completely fair, she joined the show with two days notice so it would be unrealistic to expect her to have a clear diary next summer!"

While another echoed: "Not surprised especially as the main show struggles to sign up celebs anyway."