Tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing 2019 line up, start time, songs and dances revealed

Strictly Come Dancing 2019 is back tonight – but what time does it start and who’s dancing what?

It’s week one this weekend with the performances taking place live tonight on BBC One.

Tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing start time is 7PM with a marathon two-hour long show running until just after 9:20PM.

But who’s on the Strictly Come Dancing 2019 line up, what are they dancing and which songs will they be performing to?

Well here’s ALL you need to know about tonight’s first Strictly Come Dancing live show…

Tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing line up

Fifteen celebs begin the competition tonight. They include England international goalkeeper David James, social media star Saffron Barker, Corrie star Catherine Tyldesley, comedian Chris Ramsey and EastEnders’ actress Emma Barton.

More confirmed Strictly celebs are BBC Sports presenter Mike Bushell, CBBC presenter Karim Zeroual, Viscountess Emma Weymouth, RuPaul Drag Race’s Michelle Visage, Paralympic champion Will Bayley, and footballer and presenter Alex Scott.

Completing the line up are Radio 1 DJ Dev Griffin, TV legend Anneka Rice, gold medal winning Olympian James Cracknell and Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher – who replaces injured Jamie Laing.

Strictly Come Dancing 2019: Dances and songs – Week 1

In no particular performance order, the song and dance styles are as follows:

Alex and Neil
Quickstep to I Get a Kick Out of You by Frank Sinatra.

Anneka and Kevin
Cha Cha Cha to Gloria by Laura Branigan.

Catherine and Johannes
Viennese Waltz to I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher.

Chris and Karen
Cha Cha Cha to Juice by Lizzo.

David and Nadiya
Foxtrot to Three Lions by Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seeds.

Dev and Dianne
Foxtrot to Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations.

Emma B and Anton
Jive to Honey Honey by ABBA.

Emma W and Aljaž
Cha Cha Cha to She’s a Lady by Tom Jones.

James and Luba
Tango to Gold by Spandau Ballet.

Karim and Amy
Cha Cha Cha to If I Can’t Have You by Shawn Mendes.

Kelvin and Oti
Samba to La Vida Es Un Carnaval by Celia Cruz.

Michelle and Giovanni
Cha Cha Cha to So Emotional by Whitney Houston.

Mike and Katya
Jive to Do You Love Me by The Contours.

Saffron and AJ
Tango to Lips Are Moving by Meghan Trainor.

Will and Janette
Quickstep to Pencil Full of Lead by Paolo Nutini.

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One tonight as all 15 couples take to the dancefloor on Saturday 21 September at 7PM.

Judges Shirley Ballas Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and new judge Motsi Mabuse will be on hand to critique the celebrities and their professional dance partners and each couple will be scored by the judges out of 10, with a maximum of 40 points on offer.

But as always for the very first week, everyone is safe from elimination.

None of the dancing duos will be leaving the show this weekend, as the judges scores will be carried forward to next weekend when the viewers will get the chance to vote for their favourites for the first time.

The viewer votes and judges’ scores from the first two weeks will determine the bottom two celebs who must dance off to stay in the competition. The judges will then pick one couple to save, with head judge Shirley in charge of the casting vote.

Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturday and, from next weekend, Sunday nights on BBC One.