The couples for this year's competition have been announced
The wait was finally over and the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing finally burst back onto our screens. The brand new 20th series of the BBC dance contest launched on Friday night bringing glitter, glamour and glorious dancing to homes across the nation once more.
Not only that, John Legend also performed his new single ‘All She Wanna Do’ and at the end of the show, we saw the celebrities and professional dancers perform their first group number to finish the launch show in style, giving us our first sneak peek at the celebrities’ dancing skills. Tyler West and Dianne Buswell Next up was KISS FM DJ, Tyler West. When asked about whether his mum, a huge Strictly fan, was pleased with who he’d be partnered with, he answered: "Oh absolutely! I don’t actually think she’s come here tonight to see me; she’s come to see her!" We then saw him paired with his partner, Dianne Buswell, who quickly suggested the team moniker, 'Team TyeDie'.
After being partnered with professional dancer, Nancy Xu, he told Claudia how he thought they were perfectly paired. "We match well… I’m like an excitable puppy and so’s she," he commented.s After being paired with professional partner Amy Dowden he added: "I’m so relieved and I couldn’t be happier, I feel like the winner already!"
Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova 80s music legend Matt Goss was then up and admitted he was ready to embrace being ‘strictyfied’, stating: "I want to be rolled in sequins and glitter!" Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu We then saw CBBC’s Molly Rainford meet her professional dance partner, Carlos Gu. A delighted Molly said: "I can’t wait to get dancing and get learning some stuff, I feel like it’s going to be electric!"
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