Strictly Come Dancing opened Saturday night’s Halloween special with a tribute to Pete Burns who died last week after suffering a cardiac arrest.

The weekly group dance was performed to the former Dead Or Alive frontman’s biggest hit, You Spin Me Round (Like A Record).

Show bosses revealed the routine had been in the planning for months, adding :”We couldn’t think of a better way to honour his name – and this brilliant track – than to make it the most spectacular Halloween Special group dance in the show’s history.”

Burns co-wrote the hit track which went to number one in the UK in 1985.

Following the dance, host Tess Daly said: “We send our love to his family and friends.”