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

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

https://twitter.com/LouiseRob54/status/805143102600122368

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

https://twitter.com/thewritertype/status/805128717496446976

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.

https://twitter.com/markacollins/status/805196191130591237

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czqtjk_iGFU

Strictly Come Dancing 2016: meet the contestants

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Anastacia

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Ed
Balls

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Tameka
Empson

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Claudia
Fragapane

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Lesley
Joseph

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Daisy
Lowe

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Danny
Mac

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Naga
Munchetty

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Melvin
Odoom

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Ore
Oduba

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Louise
Redknapp

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Judge Robert
Rinder

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Greg
Rutherford

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Laura
Whitmore

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Young

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