‘Strictly Come Dancing’ launched its 2024 series tonight and revealed the pairings that will be competing this year.
With Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman resuming hosting duties, the series welcomed back judges, Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke. There was plenty of dancing with five epic performances across the launch show including Amy Dowden MBE’s return to the Ballroom and last year’s winners Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola reuniting for one last dance.
Clean Bandit stopped by the launch show with Anne-Marie to perform their song ‘Cry Baby’ with David Guetta (who sadly was not in the studio). At the end of the show all of the celebs took to the floor with their new partners to show off their dance moves for the very first time. Who are you hedging your bets on this year?
This year’s pairings are:
- Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell
- Wynne Evans and Katya Jones
- Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu
- Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas
- Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal
- Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe
- Sam Quek MBE and Nikita Kuzmin
- JB Gill and Amy Dowden MBE
- Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones
- Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola
- Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec
- Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez
- Paul Merson and Karen Hauer
- Tom Dean MBE and Nadiya Bychkova
- Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ goes live on Saturday 21st September from 7pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
