The Strictly Come Dancing 2017 live shows are HERE and the first songs and dances have been revealed!
Tonight the 15 celebs and their pro partners will hit the dancefloor for the very first time this year.
They’ve had just two weeks of intense training following the launch show back at the start of the month where the celebrities and professionals were partnered up.
But how will they cope in front of the judges? We’ll have to wait to find out but for now, but the dances they’ll be performing and the songs they’ll be dancing to have been announced.
This year the celebs are being thrown into the thick of it from the off with everything from the Paso to the Jive in the opening weekend.
Tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing Songs and Dances (Week 1)
Alexandra and Gorka: Waltz to (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin
Charlotte and Brendan: Foxtrot to The Best Is Yet To Come by Michael Buble
Chizzy and Pasha: Cha Cha to Boogie Fever by The Sylvers
Debbie and Giovanni: Paso Doble to Be Italian by Fergie
Gemma and Aljaz: Cha Cha to There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back by Shawn Mendes
Mollie and AJ: Jive to Good Golly Miss Molly by Little Richard
Ruth and Anton: Waltz to This Nearly Was Mine (Seth MacFarlane version)
Susan and Kevin: Viennese Waltz to Mad About The Boy by Dinah Washington
Aston and Janette: Foxtrot to It Had To Be You Harry Connick Jnr
Brian and Amy: Tango to Temptation by Heaven 17
Davood and Nadiya: Cha Cha to Dedication To My Ex by Lloyd ft. Andre 3000
Joe and Katya: Jive to Rockin’ Robin by Michael Jackson
Jonnie and Oti: Waltz to When I Need You by Luther Vandross
Rev. Richard and Dianne: Cha Cha to There Must Be An Angel by the Eurythmics
Simon and Karen: Paso Doble to Song 2 by Blur
PHEW!
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Unlike in recent years, there will be just the one live show to open the series rather than two split over Friday and Saturday.
Strictly 2017’s live shows begin this evening, September 23 starting at 6:25PM with a marathon episode lasting over 2 hours.
As always, there will be no results show in the first week with the stars safe from elimination.
However they will still be marked and critiqued by the returning judges – Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell – plus new head judge Shirley Ballas.
Those marks will carry forward to next weekend where one unlucky celeb will get the boot.
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