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The BBC listed the opening routines for 14 celebrity couples before the season’s first live show.
- The BBC unveiled the full lineup of songs and routines for Saturday's first live Strictly Come Dancing episode, with all 15 celebrity contestants and their professional partners set to compete.
- Last weekend's launch episode drew a peak of 5.8 million viewers, 200,000 more than the 2025 premiere, and introduced new hosts Emma Willis, Johannes Radebe, and Josh Widdicombe, who replaced Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
- Routines include actress Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu performing a Quickstep to Celeste's 'Stop This Flame', former Love Island winner Dani Dyer-Bowen and Nikita Kuzmin debuting a Samba to Zara Larsson's 'Lush Life', and Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola dancing a Cha Cha to Whitney Houston's 'How Will I Know'.
- Hosts and judges will open Saturday's show with a group number to an orchestral version of 'Joy' by Raye, after Emma Willis described the experience as something she 'absolutely loved'.
- Strictly Come Dancing returns Saturday at 6:15 PM on BBC One and iPlayer, marking the celebrities' first competitive steps of the 2026 season following last weekend's launch.
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Strictly reveals dances and songs for first live show
Tonight's the night! And the full list of dances and songs that will be performed on the first live show of Strictly Come Dancing 2026 has been revealed. Following the launch show last weekend, we're now mere hours away from the first live show of the season airing on Saturday. As we warm up for […]
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