The full list of dances and songs for the first live episode of Strictly Come Dancing 2026 has been revealed.
After the launch show last weekend, the first live show of the season will air on Saturday.
The BBC has now announced the dances the 15 celebrities and their professional partners will be tackling, as well as the songs that will be backing their performances.
First dances on Strictly Come Dancing confirmed
Actress Bethany Antonia and her partner Nancy Xu will perform a quickstep to Stop This Flame by Celeste.
Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington are dancing a samba to Baiana by Barbatuques.
Actress Jaime Winstone and reigning champion Carlos Gu will take on a tango to I Feel Love by Donna Summer.
EastEnders actress Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola will perform a cha-cha to How Will I Know by Whitney Houston.
Actress Melanie Walters and Aljaz Skorjanec are also dancing a cha-cha to Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee.
Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey and Julian Caillon have a quickstep to C’est Magnifique by Kay Starr.
Olympian Tabby Stoecker and her partner Mark Karmalita are doing a jive to Animal by Katseye.
Love Island winner Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby are doing a quickstep to I Just Might by Bruno Mars.
Other performances include a tango to No Roots by Alice Merton from Chris Appleton and Amy Dowden.
A cha-cha to Smokey Joe’s Cafe version of Hound Dog from Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly trainer Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley.
A foxtrot to Alex Warren’s Ordinary by social media personality John Nellis and Katya Jones.
A paso doble to Aperture by Harry Styles from Emmerdale’s Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystal.
And a cha-cha to Lil Boo Thang by Paul Russell from former England footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr.
Earlier this week it was also revealed that former Love Island winner Dani Dyer-Bowen will perform a samba with professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin.
It was then announced that TV presenter Will Best and dancer Dianne Buswell would also dance a samba to Rock DJ by Robbie Williams.
The first live show will also see the hosts, professionals, and judges open the show with a group number set to an orchestral version of Joy by Raye.
A peak of 5.8 million viewers tuned in to the Strictly Come Dancing launch episode on Saturday night, which revealed the pairings for the new series.
According to BBC overnight figures, the episode saw 200,000 more viewers at its peak than last year’s launch show.
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