Strictly Come Dancing, Wembley week, review Everything went super-sized on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) as for the second consecutive year, it decamped to Wembley in aid of Children In Need. The dancefloor was vast, the crowd was deafening, the routines were gimmicky and the sound was slightly echoey. Fine for one week only but it will be blessed relief to return to cosy old Television Centre next week. Host Bruce Forsyth took last week off to recharge his waning batteries. Frankly, it's a relief he did. Not only was a Brucey-free show an improvement but I shudder to think how creaky he would have been tonight without the energy boost. Sure, he worked the 6,000-strong crowd like a consummate showbiz pro, complete with call-and-response interludes - more fun for those in the arena than viewers at home, I suspect - but at other times, he was doddery and ditzy, not seeming to know when his microphone was live or what to say. The judging panel was also affected by the change of venue. For the first part of the show, they over-marked, as if seeking approval from the crowd. Thankfully this eventually wore off and soon Craig Revel Horwood was back playing the panto villain, booed for every criticism. Meanwhile, Len Goodman crowbarred crude innuendoes into his comments in a misguided attempt to people-please. Kimberley Walsh recovered well from the shock of appearing in the bottom two last week with a fiery samba. Lisa Riley's also danced the samba and her typically entertaining routine climaxed with her dropping into the splits. "The whole of Wembley shook and I nearly had a coronary," drawled Revel Horwood. The two Olympians had off-nights. Gymnast Louis Smith's tricksy American Smooth featured acrobatic breakdancing and spectacular lifts but not much actual American Smooth content. He got marked down accordingly. Victoria Pendleton's paso doble played shamelessly on her London 2012 triumph, with bicycles and Union Jacks, but it lacked shape and attack. Her low confidence and upper body continues to let her down. Pendleton was joined down the bottom of the scoreboard by Nicky Byrne, after an awkward rock'n"roll jive, and Richard Arnold, whose elaborate stage production couldn't conceal a deeply mediocre, flat-footed salsa. Kylie Minogue had been billed as tonight's special musical guest but failed to appear and will apparently sing on tomorrow's results show instead. Presumably this was down to timing issues - another indication that Strictly, at heart a rather old-fashioned show, simply doesn't suit a modern arena setting. Up in Blackpool, they must be saying, "Told you so."