As Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday, contestants have been discussing which dance they are most looking forward to performing on the show.
The launch programme will see the celebrities paired up with their professional partners, when it airs at 7.20pm.
From the Argentine Tango to the Samba, here are the routines the show’s stars are most excited to perform.
Chris McCausland
“Let’s see if we can work that in, I’m more apprehensive about the dances where you’re not in contact with your partner, because I don’t really know what that entails, and how I will be able to navigate the stage on my own with any real degree of precision.”
Jamie Borthwick
JB Gill
“It’s a classic, isn’t it? And it looks impressive. Whether I’ll be any good at it, I don’t know.
“I think I might find the Latin dances a bit easier since they’re more steppy and have a bit more flair. The Salsa and Cha Cha will be fun too.”
Montell Douglas
“I think it aligns with my Caribbean background, and the music and rhythm feel very natural to me.
“I’m looking forward to bringing a lot of my personality to the Samba.”
Nick Knowles
“The Argentine Tango as well is just that fiery thing.
“Weirdly, I’m quite a fan of the ballet and musicals, and there’s that fantastic sequence in Moulin Rouge, the Roxanne sequence, where they’re pretty much doing a variation of the Argentine Tango.
“I’ve always thought that was an amazing piece of theatre. To be able to produce something like that would be brilliant.”
Pete Wicks
Punam Krishan
“However, the one that I’m most looking forward to will be the Salsa, because I think that’s really fun.
“I usually love the whole energy of that. But the Paso Doble is just a really fiery, passionate, dramatic dance.”
Sam Quek
Sarah Hadland
Shayne Ward
Tasha Ghouri
“You have to be very in the zone together so I feel like that would be a really cool one to learn.”
Tom Dean
Toyah Willcox
Wynne Evans
“Although the more I see of it the more difficult it looks.”
Paul Merson
