Here are the Strictly Come Dancing 2017 pairings as it’s revealed who are the celebrity and pro couples.
This year we’ve fifteen celebrity contestants and seventeen pro dancers.
Joanne Clifton, Oksana Platero and Natalie Lowe have all left the pro line up this year.
New faces in their place are all Champions from the Ballroom and Latin world; Dianne Buswell from Australia, Nadiya Bychkova from Ukraine and Amy Dowden from Wales.
They’ve all got celeb partners this year but returning pros Neil Jones and Chloe Hewitt won’t be paired up this series, instead only appearing in the pro routines and acting as standbys in case of any injuries.
The rest of the pros have been partnered with a celebrity and the couples were revealed in last week’s launch show.
So if you don’t want to know who’s paired with who on Strictly this year, look away NOW!
Still reading? Then here are all of the Strictly couples for 2017!
Strictly Come Dancing 2017 pairings
Mollie King & AJ Pritchard
Susan Calman & Kevin Clifton
Alexandra Burke & Gorka Marquez
Charlotte Hawkins & Brendan Cole
Ruth Langsford & Anton Du Beke
Simon Rimmer & Karen Clifton
Chizzy Akudolu & Pasha Kovalev
Debbie McGee, & Giovanni Pernice
Gemma Atkinson & Aljaž Škorjanec
Aston Merrygold & Janette Manrara
Reverend Richard Coles & Dianne Buswell
Davood Ghadami & Nadiya Bychkova
Joe McFadden & Katya Jones
Jonnie Peacock & Oti Mabuse
Brian Conley & Amy Dowden
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Strictly Come Dancing aired its red carpet launch tonight on BBC One ahead of the first live show at the end of the month.
The pro and celeb couples will now head into two weeks of intense rehearsals ahead of their debut live routine.
As well as the pairings, this evening’s opener saw a performance from all of the pros plus the celebrities took to the dance floor for the very first time for a mesmerising group performance.
Strictly Come Dancing return to BBC One on Saturday, September 23 at 6:25PM for the opening live show.
There will be no elimination as usual but the marks from the judges will carry over to the next week where the first celeb will be sent home.
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