Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, Strictly Come Dancing 2017 Live Launch
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Strictly Come Dancing reveals couples’ first dances and songs

The pressure is on!

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Strictly Come Dancing has revealed the full rundown of dances and songs the couples will perform to during the first live show.

The likes of Katie Piper, Kate Silverton and Lee Ryan will take to the Strictly dance floor on Saturday night for their first performance of the series – so the pressure is certainly on!

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As always, we’ll see a wide range of dances and songs on offer.

But will come out top on the leaderboard?!

Ashley Roberts & Pasha Kovalev: Viennese Waltz to Perfect by Ed Sheeran featuring Beyoncé

Ashley Roberts will perform a Viennese Waltz with Pasha Kovalev (Credit: Instagram @iamashleyroberts)

Charles Venn & Karen Clifton: Cha Cha Cha to Ain’t No Love (Ain’t Not Use) by Sub Sub featuring Melanie Williams

Danny John-Jules & Amy Dowden: Foxtrot to Top Cat Theme by Hoyt Curtin

Charles Venn and Karen Clifton will perform a cha cha cha (Credit: Instagram @charles_venn)

Dr Ranj & Janette Manrara: Cha Cha Cha to How Will I Know by Whitney Houston

Faye Tozer & Giovanni Pernice: Cha Cha Cha to Lullaby by Sigala featuring Paloma Faith

Janette Manrara and Dr Ranj will also do a cha cha cha (Credit: Instagram @drranj)

Graeme Swann & Oti Mabuse: Samba to Soul Limbo by Booker T and The M.G.’s

Joe Sugg & Dianne Buswell: Jive to Take On Me by A-Ha

Kate Silverton & Aljaž Skorjanec: Cha Cha Cha to Kiss by Tom Jones

Kate Silverton and Aljaz Skorjanec will also perform a cha cha cha (Credit: Instagram @katesilverton)

Katie Piper & Gorka Marquez: Waltz to When We Were Young by Adele

Lauren Steadman & AJ Pritchard: Waltz to I’m Kissing You by Des’ree

Lee Ryan & Nadiya Bychkova: Waltz to Take It To The Limit by The Eagles

Lee Ryan and Nadiya Bychkova will dance a waltz (Credit: Instagram @officialleeryan)

Seann Walsh & Katya Jones: Tango to SexyBack by Justin Timberlake

Stacey Dooley & Kevin Clifton: Quickstep to Dancing by Kylie Minogue

Susannah Constantine & Anton Du Beke: Samba to Tico Tico by Carmen Miranda

Vick Hope & Graziano Di Prima: Jive to Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man

Vick Hope and Graziano Di Prima will do a jive (Credit: Instagram @vicknhope)

Strictly launched its brand new series earlier this month with a pre-recorded programme that saw the celebrities learn which pro dancer they’d been coupled up with.

The show then took a brief hiatus from the airwaves to allow the couples to rehearse their first dance, which they’ll perform live this Saturday night.

So much pressure!

Strictly judges, Strictly Come Dancing 2017 Live Launch
Strictly judges Craig, Darcey, Shirley and Bruno (Credit: Splash)

All of the couples have been rehearsing hard, sharing photos to social media showing them bonding together, getting their moves just right and also just having fun!

Read more: Strictly Come Dancing couples pose for glam official pics

Head judge Shirley Ballas returns to the panel alongside Bruno Tonioli, Dame Darcey Bussell and Craig Revel Horwood to dish out the scores, with Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman hosting.

Strictly continues Saturday at 6.15pm on BBC One.

Which couple are you looking forward to seeing? Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know what you think!


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor