Strictly Come Dancing just wasn’t the same without Ed Balls

Did you feel that this week’s Strictly Come Dancing was, sort of, missing something?

You weren’t alone. Ed Balls was in many viewers’ thoughts during Musicals Week.

Love musicals and love #strictly but that was missing something. It is just not as much fun without @edballs.

— Louise Robertson (@LouiseRob54) December 3, 2016

The former Labour politician was gone but not forgotten in the first live show since his Strictly exit.

#StrictlyComeDancing without Ed Balls is like Christmas lunch without that weird uncle your parents never talk about.

— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) December 3, 2016

He was so missed, viewers even took to coming up with alternative Labour politicians who could take his place next year.

#Strictly definitely lacked something without @edballs Can we have Ed Miliband for the next series? Or Gordon Brown

— Purfleet John (@Purfleetjohn) December 4, 2016

But Balls is irreplaceable.

Saturday nights are empty without @edballs

— Mark.A.C (@CPOCollins) December 3, 2016

Especially when you see what might have been…

We were going to do a @bbcstrictly rumba next week to Shirley Bassey’s ‘This Is My Life – it’s probably best left to the imagination! pic.twitter.com/rNjhN7Gjss

— Ed Balls (@edballs) November 27, 2016

We will remember him.

Strictly Come Dancing 2016: meet the contestants

Anastacia	Ed Balls	Tameka Empson
Claudia Fragapane	Lesley Joseph	Daisy Lowe
Danny Mac	Naga Munchetty	Melvin Odoom
Ore Oduba	Louise Redknapp	Judge Robert Rinder
Greg Rutherford	Laura Whitmore	Will Young