Overview

• The BBC’s official Strictly Instagram published the full list of first‑week routines and song choices ahead of the 27 September broadcast.
• Lewis Cope and Katya Jones will Jive to Get Ready, Stefan Dennis and Dianne Buswell will Foxtrot to the Neighbours theme, and Ross King and Jowita Przystal will Cha Cha Cha to California Gurls.
• The series opens with no elimination this weekend, with the first live show airing at 6.55pm on BBC One.
• Dani Dyer exited the competition after fracturing her ankle in rehearsals, reducing the field from 15 to 14 couples.
• Bookmaker odds and pundit predictions rate Lewis Cope as an early favourite, with Ross King, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Chris Robshaw and Stefan Dennis cited as at risk of an early exit.