Strictly Come Dancing First Live Show Brings in Huge Audience as First Reactions In

Strictly Come Dancing first live show brings in huge audience as first reactions in

Strictly Come Dancing’s first live show peaks at five million viewers on BBC One, as John Nellis tops the leaderboard and Movie Week is announced.

Strictly Come Dancing viewing figures revealed for first live show with new hosts

The first live show of the 2026 series took place on Saturday night

Strictly Come Dancing suffers a drop in ratings for first live show

Strictly Come Dancing suffered a drop in ratings for its first live show on Saturday night - as the revamped series saw a new hosting trio take over from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.

First live show of new Strictly series saw peak of five million viewers

An average of 4.8 million people tuned in watch the BBC One dance programme on Saturday night.

STRICTLY COME DANCING RATINGS COLLAPSE FOR FIRST LIVE SHOW, SERIES OVER ONE MILLION DOWN ON 2025

Strictly Come Dancing ratings collapsed last night, with the first live show drawing in 4.8 million viewers. This is down 1.4 million on last year's first live show - and the first time since 2019 that the first live show has rated lower than the pre-recorded launch show.Strictly Come Dancing returns to iPlayer and BBC One from 6.15pm on Saturday 3 October for Movie Week. Emma, Josh and Jojo welcome the 15 couples back to the ballroom for the se…