Strictly Come Dancing Unveils Songs And Dances For This Year's Movie Week Special

Viewers can look forward to performances inspired by Grease, The Lion King, Dirty Dancing and even The Full Monty.
The cast of Strictly Come Dancing 2022
The cast of Strictly Come Dancing 2022
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Strictly Come Dancing is bringing Hollywood glamour to Borehamwood this weekend, with the show’s annual Movie Week special.

On Tuesday, bosses announced the film-inspired songs and dances each of the 14 contestants will be performing during Saturday night’s live show, with Fleur East and Richie Anderson each tackling classic tunes from our 90s Disney faves.

Meanwhile, Helen Skelton, Jayde Adams and Will Mellor will be paying homage to some of our favourite musicals, with routines paying homage to Grease, Flashdance and Dirty Dancing, respectively.

We can also look out for performances referencing films like Guardians Of The Galaxy, Top Gun, The Artist and even The Full Monty.

Here’s what to expect from Movie Week this year...

  • Ellie Simmonds and Nikita Kuzmin will dance the Quickstep to Peppy and George from The Artist
  • Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe will dance the Cha Cha Cha to Cher’s The Shoop Shoop Song from Mermaids
  • Fleur East and Vito Coppola will dance the American Smooth to Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid
  • Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal will dance the Rumba to the theme music from Jurassic Park
  • Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez will dance the Viennese Waltz to Hopelessly Devoted To You, made famous by Olivia Newton-John in Grease
  • James Bye and Amy Dowden will dance the Cha Cha Cha to Hooked On A Feeling from Guardians Of The Galaxy
  • Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer will dance the Cha Cha Cha to What A Feeling! from Flashdance
  • Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima will dance the Charleston to If My Friends Could See Me Now from Sweet Charity
  • Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova will dance the Viennese Waltz to Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga, featured in Top Gun: Maverick
  • Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu will dance the Waltz to One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story
  • Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice will dance the Samba to Hakuna Matata from The Lion King
  • Tony Adams and Katya Jones will dance the Samba to Hot Chocolate’s You Sexy Thing from The Full Monty
  • Tyler West and Dianne Buswell will dance the Charleston to music from Half A Sixpence
  • Will Mellor and Nancy Xu will dance the American Smooth to Cry For Me from Dirty Dancing

Over the weekend, Kaye Adams became the first celebrity to leave the current series of Strictly, after landing in the bottom two with Matt Goss.

Find out how the remaining Strictly pairs get on in Saturday’s live show, airing at 6.30pm on BBC One.

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