Strictly Come Dancing 2025 launch show first look images and special guest performer revealed

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Published: 12:08 am, 20 September 2025

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Strictly Come Dancing is back, making the autumn and winter months a whole lot more fab-u-lous!

The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by BBC Studios, returns on Saturday 20 September at 6.40pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and new first look pictures offer a sneak peek at what’s in store!

A collage of Strictly pros Dianne and Kai dancing together. On the left, they strike a pose as they begin to dance. On the right, Kai lifts Dianne to sit on his shoulder as she holds the glitterball trophy above her head.
The Strictly professional dancers and judges perform a dance routine involving a block of large white stairs, backlit by purple beams of light as the audience watch on
The Strictly professionl dancers move energetically across the dance floor in formation, lit by bright white lights

The launch show starts with a bang as the entire Strictly family hit the dance floor for an epic opening performance.

Two new professionals arrive in style with a sizzling poolside routine, Jessie J provides music and 2024 Strictly champions Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell return for one last dance together.

Strictly professional dancers Luba Mushtuk and Gorka Marquez perform together in front of Jessie J, who stands on a podium singing in a red suit with her arms wide open
Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland dancing - they are linked by a single hand as they stretch apart mid routine in an elegant ballroom dance

The celebrities waltzing onto our screens this year are Alex Kingston, Balvinder Sopal, Chris Robshaw, Dani Dyer, Ellie Goldstein, George Clarke, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey AKA Nitro, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Karen Carney, La Voix, Lewis Cope, Ross King, Stefan Dennis, Thomas Skinner and Vicky Pattison.

The Strictly Come Dancing 2025 celebrities stand on the ballroom floor together smiling and clapping

Our hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will welcome them onto the Strictly dancefloor, as they make their dancing debut and discover which Professional Dancer they will be paired with.

Watching their every move will be our Strictly Judges – Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas.

Left: Strictly judges Craig, Motsi, Shirley and Anton sit behind a large judges' desk. Right: Hosts Claudia and Tess stand together smiling on the ballroom floor.

Our dazzling professional dancers for the new series are: Aljaž Škorjanec, Amy Dowden MBE, Carlos Gu, Dianne Buswell, Gorka Marquez, Johannes Radebe, Jowita Przystal, Kai Widdrington, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Lauren Oakley, Luba Mushtuk, Michelle Tsiakkas, Nadiya Bychkova, Nancy Xu, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin and Vito Coppola. Joining them for the first time will be our two brand new Pros, Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon.

The Strictly professional dances cross their legs as they stride across the dance floor

Strictly Come Dancing is a BBC Studios Entertainment production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer and was commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. The Executive Producer is Sarah James, the Series Editors are Nicola Fitzgerald and Jack Gledhill. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Jo Wallace.

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