November 05, 2019

Strictly Come Dancing: Latest Songs And Dances Revealed, As Stars Battle It Out For A Place In Blackpool Week

After surviving his third dance-off in a row in Sunday night’s episode, Mike Bushell will be tackling a Paso Doble in this week’s Strictly Come Dancing live show.
Strictly Come Dancing: Latest Songs And Dances Revealed, As Stars Battle It Out For A Place In Blackpool Week

This week’s Strictly songs and dances have now been revealed, with Mike and partner Katya Jones performing their latest routine to Tamacun by Rodrigo y Gabriela.Meanwhile, Karim Zeroual will be hoping to hold onto his spot at the top of the leaderboard with a Viennese Waltz to Ed Sheeran’s Give Me Love, while it’s Emma Barton and Anton Du Beke who have been tasked with this week’s Couple’s Choice routine.

They’ll be giving a Theatre/Jazz performance to the standard Right Now, covered by the Pussycat Dolls on their debut album. This week’s show is one the remaining eight couples will want to do well in, with those who make it through to the next round performing at Blackpool Tower’s iconic ballroom.
Here’s a full breakdown of what you can expect from Saturday night’s live show…Alex Scott and Neil Jones will perform a Jive to Let’s Twist Again by Chubby Checker
Emma Barton and Anton Du Beke will dance a Couple’s Choice routine to Right Now as performed by the Pussycat Dolls
Michelle Visage and Giovanni Pernice will perform the American Smooth to Etta James’ I Just Want To Make Love To You
Saffron Barker and AJ Pritchard will dance the Waltz to Your Song as performed by Ellie Goulding
Chris Ramsey and Karen Hauer will perform a Tango to Survivor as performed by 2wei
Karim Zeroual and Amy Dowden will dance a Viennese Waltz to Give Me Love by Ed Sheeran
Kelvin Fletcher and Oti Mabuse will perform a Salsa to Let’s Hear It For The Boy by Deniece Williams
Mike Bushell and Katy Jones will dance the Paso Doble to Tamacun by Rodrigo y GabrielaAlex Scott’s partner Neil Jones is expected to make a return to the Strictly ballroom on Saturday, having missed the last two weeks after he injured himself during rehearsals.
Find out how the remaining couples get on in this week’s Strictly live show, airing on Saturday night at 6.50pm on BBC One.MORE STRICTLY... Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood Has Named The Celeb He Thinks Will Lift This Year's Glitterball Trophy Viewers Moved To Tears Over Strictly's ‘Beautiful’ Landmark Same-Sex Routine Will Bayley Hopeful Of Paralympic Future As He Returns To Strictly Ballroom

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