Overview

• Erivo returns on October 11 to guide all 14 remaining couples during Strictly’s Movie Week, in a newly created guest-mentor role confirmed by the BBC.
• She will join the judges in the studio to offer on-the-night feedback after working with contestants in rehearsals.
• The professionals will perform a Wicked-themed routine to As Long As You’re Mine, aligning with promotion for the sequel Wicked: For Good due in cinemas on November 21.
• Erivo previously appeared as a Strictly guest judge in 2021 and was praised for giving comments in British Sign Language to Rose Ayling-Ellis.
• Tabloid reports first flagged the booking and suggested producers may expand guest-mentor slots in future, a possibility not officially announced by the BBC.