Strictly Come Dancing reveals dances and songs for first live show

With the launch show done and dusted it’s time to get to what’s most important about Strictly Come Dancing – the dancing itself.

We now have official confirmation of the first series dances, and it sounds like we’re getting all sorts of styles for the new contestants to prove their chops for the first time.

So that’s everything from Whitney Houston and Ed Sheeran to Carmen Miranda and Top Cat…

Here’s the full list:

  • Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev will dance the Viennese Waltz to ‘Perfect’ by Ed Sheeran featuring Beyoncé
  • Charles Venn and Karen Clifton will dance the Cha Cha Cha to ‘Ain’t No Love (Ain’t Not Use)’ by Sub Sub featuring Melanie Williams
  • Danny John-Jules and Amy Dowden will dance the Foxtrot to the Top Cat theme by Hoyt Curtin

  • Dr Ranj Singh and Janette Manrara will dance the Cha Cha Cha to ‘How Will I Know’ by Whitney Houston
  • Faye Tozer and Giovanni Pernice will dance the Cha Cha Cha to ‘Lullaby’ by Sigala featuring Paloma Faith
  • Graeme Swann and Oti Mabuse will dance the Samba to ‘Soul Limbo’ by Booker T and The MG’s
  • Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell will dance the Jive to ‘Take on Me’ by A-Ha
  • Kate Silverton and Aljaz Skorjanec will dance the Cha Cha Cha to ‘Kiss’ by Tom Jones

  • Katie Piper and Gorka Marquez will dance the Waltz to ‘When We Were Young’ by Adele
  • Lauren Steadman and AJ Pritchard will dance the Waltz to ‘I’m Kissing You’ by Des’ree
  • Lee Ryan and Nadiya Bychkova will dance the Waltz to ‘Take It to the Limit’ by The Eagles

  • Seann Walsh and Katya Jones will dance the Tango to ‘SexyBack’ by Justin Timberlake
  • Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton will dance the Quickstep to ‘Dancing’ by Kylie Minogue
  • Susannah Constantine and Anton du Beke will dance the Samba to ‘Tico Tico’ by Carmen Miranda
  • Vick Hope and Graziano Di Prima will dance the Jive to ‘Feel It Still’ by Portugal. The Man

The contestants are no doubt hard at work ahead of the first live shows, with Vick Hope admitting that she was “in agony” during rehearsals.

“I’m in agony, and I never knew that agony could feel so good,” she said. Well, at least she’s not taking horse medication.

Strictly Come Dancing returns for its live shows on BBC One this Saturday (September 22).

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