Strictly fans rage winner has been ‘erased from show history’ after failing to appear in 20th anniversary special

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have raged a winner has been 'erased from show history' after failing to appear in 20th anniversary special.

Saturday night saw the stars of the BBC show pay tribute to the programme after 20 years on air.

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It featured archive footage from some of Strictly's most memorable routines - both good and bad - as well as interviews with hosts, judges, pro dancers and celebrities.

The show aired for an hour and 25 minutes and during that time, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman revealed there had been over 300 celebrities who had taken part during its run.

A number of winners also appeared on the programme to discuss how it felt to life the Glitterball Trophy, from the very first winner Natasha Kaplinsky to last year's victor, Ellie Leach.

Ore Oduba, Harry Judd, Jay McGuinness and Jill Halfpenny also shared their memories, but Strictly viewers quickly picked up on those that didn't feature at all.

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While Rose Ayling-Ellis' routines and victory was shown, the former EastEnders actress didn't appear to talk about her time, and when it came to series 11 winner Abbey Clancy, she didn't appear at all.

Abbey took part in 2013 and won alongside Aljaz Skorjanec, who did appear on the special.

Unfortunately Abbey was nowhere to be seen, either alongside him or in the archive clips, prompting one viewer to rage on X: "has abbey clancy been erased from Strictly history or?"

Another winner who was missing was former pro-dancer Aliona Vilani, who won the show twice; once with Harry Judd and again with Jay McGuinness.

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One viewer tweeted: "No aliona one of my faves :(."

Other pros were sorely missed too, with another viewer raging: "The lack of Natalie Lowe/Erin /Flavia & Vincent /Matthew Cutler / Camilla
in this #strictly programme is a TRAVESTY!"

A fellow viewer wrote: "Why haven’t they got James and Ola on tonight?"

Meanwhile another tweeted: "Weird to not see Ola or Kristina."

However, viewers ultimately loved the programme and many called for bosses to do an All-Stars series of the show,

Others begged BBC bosses to make all series of Strictly available to watch on iPlayer as part of the anniversary celebrations.

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Strictly: 20 Fabulous Years is available on BBC iPlayer.