Strictly season 2024 has officially begun! (Picture: Ray Burmiston/PA Wire)
Dust off your sequins and dig out your score paddles because Strictly Come Dancing 2024 has officially begun!
With a stellar line-up including, Chris McCausland, Tasha Ghouri, Pete Wicks, Jamie Borthwick, Nick Knowles, Shayne Ward, and JB Gill, the beloved BBC programme’s 20th-anniversary series promises to be a good one.
Last weekend, millions tuned in for the launch show to find out which celebs were paired with which partners, following the axe of Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima, and the welcome return of Aljaž Škorjanec.
Tonight, all 15 couples will perform their first routines after weeks of intense training, treating us to paso dobles, cha chas, tangos, and sambas galore.
On hand to dish out both compliments and criticism are returning judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke, no doubt to receptions of both cheers and mighty boos from the studio audience.
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There isn’t a public vote this week, meaning all couples are guaranteed to dance again next weekend before the first elimination of the year.
But who will top the leaderboard? Who will be a dark horse? And can we predict the winner already? We’ll keep you updated throughout the night with all the Strictly action…
Strictly week 1 dances
Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe – Foxtrot to Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby by Dinah Washington
Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez – Cha Cha to Love At First Sight by Kylie Minogue
Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin – Foxtrot to Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes
Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola – Quickstep to 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec – Cha Cha to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter
Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones – Tango to Ray Of Light by Madonna
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell – Cha Cha to Twist and Shout by The Beatles
Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas – Viennese Waltz to Beautiful Things by Benson Boone
JB Gill and Amy Dowden – Waltz to When I Need You by Leo Sayer
Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk – Jive to We Built This City by Starship
Paul Merson and Karen Hauer- American Smooth to Vindaloo by Fat Les
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał – Paso Doble to Breathe by The Prodigy
Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu – Samba to Do I Do by Stevie Wonder
Tom Dean and Nadiya Bychkova – Tango to Golden by Harry Styles
Wynne Evans and Katya Jones – Samba to Help Yourself by Sir Tom Jones