Strictly Come Dancing 2021: Celebrity and pro couples revealed!

Here are the Strictly Come Dancing 2020 pairings as it’s revealed who are the celebrity and pro couples.

This year we’ve 15 celebrity contestants and eighteen pro dancers.

2021 welcomes new pro dancers Kai Widdrington, Nikita Kuzmin, Cameron Lombard and Jowita Przystal while Anton Du Beke is now a judge and Janette Manrara is the new co-host of It Takes Two.

The returning professional are Aljaž Škorjanec, Giovanni Pernice, Gorka Marquez, Graziano Di Prima, Johannes Radebe, Neil Jones, Amy Dowden, Dianne Buswell, Karen Clifton, Katya Jones, Luba Mushtuk, Nadiya Bychkova, Nancy Xu and Oti Mabuse.

This series Luba, Jowita and Cameron will not get a celeb partner. The rest of the pros have been partnered with a celebrity and the couples were revealed in this week’s launch show.

Meet the Strictly Come Dancing celebrity and professional couples below…

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 pairings

Adam Peaty and Katya Jones

 

AJ Odudu and Kai Widdrington

 

Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova

 

Greg Wise and Karen Hauer

 

John Whaite and Johannes Radebe

 

Judi Love and Graziano Di Prima

 

Katie McGlynn and Gorka Marquez

 

Nina Wadia and Neil Jones

 

Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu

 

Robert Webb and Dianne Buswell

 

Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice

 

Sara Davies and Aljaž Škorjanec

 

Tilly Ramsey and Nikita Kuzmin

 

Tom Fletcher and Amy Dowden

 

Ugo Monye and Oti Mabuse

 

Strictly Come Dancing aired its red carpet launch tonight on BBC One ahead of the first live show next weekend.

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, the launch show also featured two incredible routines from the Strictly professionals, the return of reigning champion Bill Bailey and a spectacular music performance from Anne Marie.

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One on Saturday, September 25 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.

Picture: The Strictly Come Dancing Celebrities – (C) BBC – Photographer: Guy Levy