“This is the right decision. We hope that we can start again after Easter and that we can then look forward to a more tagged season than ever, "program directors David Hellenius and Tilde de Paula Eby said in a joint statement, the evening newspapers report.

Instead, TV4 will broadcast reprises from 2015, when "Let's dance" celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

In the ongoing "Let's dance" season, Penny Parnevik, John Lundvik, Alice Stenlöf and Jan Björklund, among others, participate. Two participants have left the competition. Mikael "Soldoktorn" Sandström jumped off to help in the health care sector and Siw Malmkvist, 83, was not allowed at all because she belongs to a risk group.