Strictly Come Dancing 2026 cast / © BBC/Ray Burmiston/Artwork - BBC Creative
Strictly Come Dancing 2026 truly gets underway tonight with the first of the live performance shows.
All 15 of this year’s celebrities will take to the dancefloor with their professional partners for the first time – and while the stakes will be high, none of them will have to worry about being eliminated this week as they all progress, as usual, through to week two.
The first of the live shows airs tonight from 6.15pm on BBC One and iPlayer and will open with a group number involving all four judges and the three hosts.
Scroll on to see this week’s song choices and routines!
Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu
Style: Quickstep
Song: ‘Stop This Flame’ by Celeste
Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin
Style: Samba
Song: ‘Lush Life’ by Zara Larsson
Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington
Style: Samba
Song: ‘Baianá’ by Barbatuques
Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu
Style: Tango
Song: ‘I Feel Love’ by Donna Summer
Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola
Style: Cha Cha
Song: ‘How Will I Know’ by Whitney Houston
Melanie Walters and Aljaz Skorjanec
Style: Cha Cha
Song: ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’ by Elton John and Kiki Dee
Dame Sarah Storey and Julian Caillon
Style: Quickstep
Song: ‘C’est Magnifique’ by Kay Starr
Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita
Style: Jive
Song: ‘Animal’ by KATSEYE
Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby
Style: Quickstep
Song: ‘I Just Might’ by Bruno Mars
Chris Appleton and Amy Dowden
Style: Tango
Song: ‘No Roots’ by Alice Merton
Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley
Style: Cha Cha
Song: ‘Hound Dog’ (Smokey Joe’s Café version)
John Nellis and Katya Jones
Style: Foxtrot
Song: ‘Ordinary’ by Alex Warren
Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystal
Style: Paso Doble
Song: ‘Aperture’ by Harry Styles
Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr
Style: Cha Cha
Song: ‘Lil Boo Thang’ by Paul Russell
Will Best and Dianne Buswell
Style: Samba
Song: ‘Rock DJ’ by Robbie Williams
Strictly Come Dancing‘s first live show airs tonight from 6.15pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
