DINH DOONG

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left doing a double take after Chris McCausland underwent a major transformation on the show.

The glitzy BBC One show made its return to screens on Saturday (October 5) for the Movie Week special. Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were back to welcome the remaining celebs to the dance floor..

Last week, Tom Dean and his professional dancing partner Nadiya Bychkova became the first couple to get the boot following a dance-off against Toyah Wilcox and Neil Jones. And this week, the likes of JB Gill, Tasha Ghouri and Shayne Ward were back to show off their best moves.

Judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke were on hand too, to share their thoughts on the routines. For the themed-episode, the famous faces transformed into characters from movies over the years, with the pros performing a Despicable Me themed group number at the start.

However, it’s fair to say Chris got plenty of people talking, while dressed as a character from Wayne’s World . Along with partner, Dianne Buswell, the pair performed a jive to the movie’s theme tune.

But fans couldn’t help but notice how much Chris looked like pop star Lewis Capaldi. Sharing their thoughts online, one person on X, formerly known as Twitter, said: “Chris and Dianne were amazing.“Honestly I’m so impressed with Chris here I’ve never seen a man who is blind that can dance it is actually brilliant. The costume is amazing. I didn’t recognise Chris here he looks like Lewis Capaldi.”

Someone else added: “That’s what I said. Lewis Capaldi, 100%.” A third wrote: “When they sub in Lewis Capaldi on Strictly.” Another penned: “Chris looks like Lewis Capaldi in that wig. Well done fella! Brilliant!”

Chris and Dianne’s performance went down a treat with fans, as well as the judges. Craig Revel-Horwood descirbed their performance as “packed full of fantastic rhythm.” The pair ended up receiving an impressive 30 scores from the judges.