Strictly Come Dancing has unveiled the lineup of songs for week one of the competition, ahead of Saturday night’s first live show of the series. The show returned to screens last week with a dazzling pre-recorded show to mark the beginning of its 20th anniversary series after months of scandal surrounding the programme’s professional dancers.

As this year’s ballroom contest went live for the first time, an epic show saw JB Gill waltz to the top of the leaderboard, Chris McCausland perform cha cha miracles, Paul Merson tuck into a Vindaloo and Toyah Willcox get thoroughly tangoed.

Strictly Come Dancing makes a glittering return to Autumn TV schedules tonight. BBC bosses will be hoping to shake off the wave of controversy that has threatened to engulf their flagship show. Following last years series - won by Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola - an internal investigation was launched over the treatment of contestants on the show.

BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing is back for 2024, and ahead of the first live show, Olympic sprinter Montell Douglas joked that she is marrying her professional dance partner

Strictly Come Dancing kicked off its first live show of the series with a significant format change that didn't go unnoticed by fans. As the BBC dance contest celebrated its 20th anniversary, the show's stars and their professional partners took to the ballroom for the first time to perform their debut dances.

Strictly Come Dancing caused controversy online tonight as the beloved show returned to British screens. The first week of the BBC dance show got underway this evening (September 21) following the launch show of the 20th-anniversary series last weekend.

The celebrities are partnered up and the glitter has been applied which can only mean one thing - BBC Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens tonight. For the first live show of the 2024 series,