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Strictly Come Dancing week 1 routines and song choices revealed for 2022 live launch, from an ABBA Tango to a Harry Styles American Smooth-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro
The live shows are about to begin!
The celebs are ready to start dancing, and so are we! (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC)
The routines and song choices have been revealed for Strictly Come Dancing 2022 week 1 – and it looks like the first live show is going to be an absolute spectacle!
Tonight, celebrities including Ellie Simmonds, Fleur East, Helen Skelton and James Bye will take part in their very first live show, trying their best to impress judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.
The nation will also be watching at home, curious to see who might have a chance of lifting the Glitterball Trophy at the end of the competition… so no pressure!
Ahead of the episode – which follows last night’s launch, where each of the celebrities were paired with their pro partners – the BBC unveiled which pairings would be dancing to which songs.
With several Cha Cha Chas, Jives, Quicksteps and American Smooths set to take place, here’s who’s going to perform what on the dancefloor.
Strictly Come Dancing 2022 routines and song choices for week 1
Ellie Simmonds and Nikita Kuzmin: Cha Cha Cha to Dance by DNCE
Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe: Quickstep to I Am What I Am by Klaus Hallen Tanzorchester
Fleur East and Vito Coppola: Cha Cha Cha to Let’s Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez
Helen Skelton and Gorka Márquez: American Smooth to You Send Me by Aretha Franklin
Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer: Samba to Dirrty by Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
Kaye Adams and Kai Widdrington: Tango to Voulez-Vouz by ABBA
Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima: Jive to Yes by Merry Clayton
Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu: Samba to Kiss My (Uh Oh) by Anne Marie and Little Mix
Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystał: Foxtrot to Islands In The Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
James Bye and Amy Dowden: Jive to What I Like About You by The Romantics
Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova: Quickstep to Sir Duke by The Chris Walden Big Band
Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice: Cha Cha Cha to I’m Your Man by Wham!
Tony Adams and Katya Jones: Tango to Go West by Village People
Tyler West and Dianne Buswell: American Smooth to Falling by Harry Styles
Will Mellor and Nancy Xu: Jive to Livin’ La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin
So who do you think will tear up the dancefloor and earn brownie points from the judges for their smooth footwork and charismatic performances?
This year’s couples on Strictly includes two same-sex pairings for the very first time.
Radio DJ Richie Anderson has been partnered up with Giovanni Pernice, while comedian Jayde Adams is set to compete with Karen Hauer.
What a cast! (Picture: BBC/PA)
Olympic champion Nicola Adams was the first celebrity to be in a same-sex pairing with Katya Jones in 2020, before Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite finished as runner-up with Johannes Radebe last year.
Strictly Come Dancing airs tonight at 6.45pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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