Strictly Come Dancing returns for Movie Week on Saturday October 3 at 6.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with the first elimination of the 2026 series looming. The 15 remaining couples will perform their week two routines in the ballroom, with scores combined before viewers vote for their favourites.
First Leaderboard Topping Routine
The competition began last weekend with the first live show of the year on Saturday September 26, hosted by new presenters Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe. The 15 celebrities and their professional partners performed their debut routines in front of judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.
John Nellis and Katya Jones topped the first leaderboard of 2026 with a foxtrot to Alex Warren's Ordinary, scoring 31 points out of a possible 40.
Movie Week Special Performances
Movie Week arrives earlier than ever this year, featuring two special performances. The pros dance to Shakira's Try Everything and Zoo for Zootropolis, while The Devil Wears Prada features the pros plus Motsi and Craig dancing to Lady Gaga's Runway and Shape of a Woman.
The songs and dances for this weekend's routines, revealed on spin-off show Strictly – It Takes Two, are as follows:
- Bethany Antonia & Nancy Xu - Paso Doble to No Good Deed from Wicked: For Good
- Dani Dyer & Nikita Kuzmin - Foxtrot to Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast
- Delta Goodrem & Kai Widdrington - American Smooth to I'll Never Love Again from A Star Is Born
- Jaime Winstone & Carlos Gu - Cha Cha to Oh, Pretty Woman from Pretty Woman
- Lacey Turner & Vito Coppola - Quickstep to I Knew It, I Knew You from Toy Story 5
- Melanie Walters & Aljaž Škorjanec - Waltz to Edelweiss from The Sound Of Music
- Dame Sarah Storey & Julian Caillon - Charleston to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins
- Tabby Stoecker & Mark Karmalita - American Smooth to Rewrite The Stars from The Greatest Showman
- Cach Mercer & Maddie Ingoldsby - Samba to We Go Together from Grease
- Chris Appleton & Amy Dowden - Cha Cha to I'm Always Here from Baywatch
- Graeme Hall & Lauren Oakley - Waltz to The Godfather Waltz from The Godfather
- John Nellis & Katya Jones - Couple's Choice to An Irish Party in Third Class from Titanic
- Lawrence Robb & Jowita Przystał - Viennese Waltz to Le Festin from Ratatouille
- Shaun Wright-Phillips & Alexis Warr - Salsa to You Should Be Dancing from Saturday Night Fever
- Will Best & Dianne Buswell - Foxtrot to Old Time Rock & Roll from Risky Business
First Dance-Off of the Series
After the couples receive their next set of scores, the bottom two will face the first dance-off of the series, and one of them will leave the competition for good.
