The routines and songs for movie week on series 23 of ‘Strictly Come Dancing‘ have been revealed.
Following the elimination of entrepreneur Thomas Skinner and his professional dance partner Amy Dowden, there are 14 couples remaining on the show. This week they’ll be performing dance routines inspired by famous movies in the hope of progressing to week 4.
It’s a yearly tradition of the show — and one fans look forward to immensely — so it was hugely exciting when a video on the official ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Instagram page gave away which dances the couples will be doing, what movies their routines will be inspired by, and which songs they’ll be dancing to.
Everything From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘Barbie’
The 51-second clip began with the reveal that actor Lewis Cope and his partner Katya Jones will be dancing a paso doble to ‘The Plaza of Execution’ by James Horner from 1998’s swashbuckler movie ‘The Mask of Zorro.’
Next, it was revealed that social media personality George Clarke and his partner Alexis Warr will be performing their couple’s choice dance to ‘Soda Pop’ by the fictional boy band the Saja Boys from the 2025 animated musical fantasy movie ‘KPop Demon Hunters.’
After that, the reveal came that television presenter Vicky Pattison and her partner Kai Widdrington will be doing a Charleston to ‘A Little Party Never Killed Nobody’ by Fergie, Q-Tip and GoonRock from 2013’s romantic drama ‘The Great Gatsby.’
Then came the reveal that Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and his partner Karen Hauer will be attempting a salsa to ‘I Always Wanted a Brother’ by Lin-Manuel Miranda from the 2024 musical drama ‘Mufasa: The Lion King.’
Up next was the reveal that former rugby star Chris Robshaw and his partner Nadiya Bychkova will be giving the paso doble a try to Guns N’ Roses classic ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’ from the 2022 superhero movie ‘Thor: Love and Thunder.’
It was model Ellie Goldstein’s turn after that, as it was revealed she and partner Vito Coppola will be dancing a samba to ‘Dance the Night’ by Dua Lipa from the 2023 fantasy comedy movie ‘Barbie.’
Then it was the reveal that former soccer player Jimmy Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and his partner Lauren Oakley will be performing this series’ first rumba to Billie Eilish’s ‘No Time to Die’ from the 2021 James Bond movie of the same name.
From ‘Mary Poppins’ to ‘Shrek’
The video continued with the reveal that drag queen La Voix and her partner Aljaž Škorjanec will be performing a waltz to ‘Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)’ by Julie Andrews from the 1964 musical fantasy comedy ‘Mary Poppins.’
Next, it was revealed that actress Alex Kingston and her partner Johannes Radebe will be doing the quickstep to KT Tunstall’s ‘Suddenly I See’ from the 2006 comedy-drama ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’
After that came the reveal that actress Balvinder Sopal and her partner Julian Caillon will be attempting a foxtrot to Fred Astaire’s ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ from the 1936 musical comedy movie ‘Swing Time.’
Reality star Amber Davies and her partner Nikita Kuzmin were then revealed to be performing an American smooth to the show tune ‘Sixteen Going on Seventeen’ from the 1965 musical drama ‘The Sound of Music.’
Then came former soccer player Karen Carney and her partner Carlos Gu. They’ll be performing a cha-cha-cha to ‘She’s a Lady’ by Tom Jones from the 2000 action comedy movie ‘Miss Congeniality.’
Up next, it was television presenter Ross King and his partner Jowita Przystał. They’ll be attempting a paso doble to the theme from the 1966 sci-fi puppet movie ‘Thunderbirds Are Go.’
Finally, it was revealed that actor Stefan Dennis and his partner Dianne Buswell will be dancing the waltz to Dana Glover’s ‘It Is You (I Have Loved)’ from the 2001 animated fantasy comedy movie ‘Shrek.’
One user summed up fans’ thoughts about it by commenting, “Oh this is going to be an awesome movies week 🎬 😁.”
Movie week commences on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ on Saturday, October 11, at 18:05 p.m. GMT on BBC One.
