Strictly Come Dancing: Songs And Dances Revealed Ahead Of First Elimination

With the first elimination of the series looming, Strictly Come Dancing bosses have announced the songs and dances that each of the 12 couples will be performing in this week’s live show.

Fresh from topping the leaderboard last week, pop singer HRVY will be dancing a Viennese Waltz to Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s lockdown anthem Stuck With U, while Maisie Smith will tackle a Tango to Miley Cyrus’ recent hit Midnight Sky.

This week will see the first Couples’ Choice routine of the series, with Nicola Adams and Katya Jones performing a unique dance to Years & Years’ Shine, while scene-stealer Bill Bailey will deliver a Quickstep to Talk To The Animals from the musical Doctor Doolittle.

And if all of that wasn’t exciting enough, former MP Jacqui Smith and Anton DuBeke will be hoping they can recover from last week’s performance with a Samba to Tom Jones’ Help Yourself.

This year's Strictly Come Dancing cast

Check out the full list of performances below:

  • Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse: Quickstep to Talk To The Animals by Bobby Darin
  • Caroline Quentin and Johannes Radebe: Paso Doble to El Gato Montes by Ramon Cortez
  • Clara Amfo and Aljaž Skorjanec: Viennese Waltz to You Don’t Own Me by Lesley Gore
  • HRVY and Janette Manrara: Viennese Waltz to Stuck Wit U by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber
  • Jacqui Smith and Anton Du Beke: Samba to Help Yourself by Tom Jones
  • Jamie Laing and Karen Hauer: American Smooth to Night And Day by Frank Sinatra
  • Jason Bell and Luba Mushtuk: Salsa to Get Lucky by Daft Punk
  • JJ Chalmers and Amy Dowden: Paso Doble to Believer by Imagine Dragons
  • Maisie Smith and Gorka Marquez: Tango to Midnight Sky by Miley Cyrus
  • Max George and Dianne Buswell: Jive to I’m A Believer by The Monkees
  • Nicola Adams and Katya Jones: Couples’ Choice to Shine by Years & Years
  • Ranvir Singh and Giovanni Pernice: Quickstep to You Are The Sunshine Of My Life by Stevie Wonder

Despite this Saturday’s live show falling on Halloween, Strictly bosses have made the decision to axe this year’s annual spook-tacular, due to the fact that the series has already been cut short as a result of the pandemic.

Find out how the stars and their partners get on in this week’s Strictly live show, airing at 7.15pm on Saturday 31 October.

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