Assist actually
unbiased journalism
Our mission is to ship unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds energy to account and exposes the reality.
Whether or not $5 or $50, each contribution counts.
Assist us to ship journalism with out an agenda.
The primary trailer for the twentieth anniversary collection of Strictly Come Dancing has been launched because the nation’s favorite dance present gears up for its return on Saturday 14 September.
Within the clip, the present’s skilled dancers carry out a enjoyable footwork routine encouraging everybody to get aboard the Strictly bus, which is able to formally open the doorways to the twenty second collection of the present with a bang later this month.
Choreographed by Jason Gilkison, the trailer and launch present quantity that will likely be carried out within the studio is a medley of: “We Like To Occasion! (The Vengabus)” by Vengaboys, “Child Child” by Corona” “Pump Up The Jam” + “Get Up (Earlier than The Evening Is Over)” by Technotronic, “Completely All people” by Vanessa Amarosi, “Get Prepared For This” by 2 Limitless, “Saturday Evening” by Whigfield, “Ooh Ahh (Simply A Little Bit)” by Gina G and “5,6,7,8” + “Stomp” by Steps.
The superstar contestants on this yr’s present are Chris McCausland, JB Gill, Wynne Evans, Toyah Willcox, Dr Punam Krishan, Tasha Ghouri, Pete Wicks, Shayne Ward, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Borthwick, Tom Dean, Montell Douglas, Nick Knowles and Paul Merson.
In addition to confirming who the superstar’s skilled dance companions will likely be, the launch may also rejoice Amy Dowden’s return with a particular quickstep group routine that includes the present’s skilled dancers.
The Welsh ballroom dancer, who first joined the forged of Strictly in 2017, was too ailing to compete in final yr’s collection as she recovered from therapy for stage three breast most cancers.
In Could 2023, the dancer discovered a lump in her breast the day earlier than her Maldives honeymoon with fellow skilled dancer Ben Jones. She underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy and fertility therapy in these 9 months and was finally informed she had “no proof of illness” in February.
This yr’s collection would be the most accessible but for audiences, with dwell signing for the primary time obtainable on BBC iPlayer and Crimson Button. This, alongside audio description and subtitling, implies that extra folks will be capable to get entangled, vote and benefit from the motion through the dwell Saturday evening present, the Sunday outcomes present, the launch episode, the Christmas particular and the upcoming twentieth anniversary programme.
