Strictly Come Dancing 2025: When the next episode is on, when you can vote and the first dances revealed
Strictly fans are already desperate for more after this year's jam-packed launch show!Strictly Come Dancing is officially underway following the 2025 glittering launch show – but when is the next episode on?
The brand new series of Strictly kicked off on Saturday night and viewers were introduced to this year’s 15 celebrity contestants.
Strictly fans watched as the famous faces discovered which pro dancer they have been paired with. There was also special performances from pop star Jessie J and last year’s winners, Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, who re-created their tear-jerking waltz.
The celebs and their pros topped off the night with a group dance. But when is the next episode of Strictly on? And what are the Week 1 dances and songs? Here, we reveal everything we know about the first Strictly Come Dancing live show.
Strictly Come Dancing: Week 1 dances
This year’s couples will be performing their first dances in the next episode of Strictly Come Dancing. This is when the competition really kicks off!
Each pair will take to the dance floor and perform a routine for the judges, the live studio audience and viewers at home. The judges – Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Anton du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood – will then give their verdicts.
Hollywood TV journalist Ross King and his pro, Jowita Przystał, will be performing a Cha Cha Cha. Their chosen song is California Gurls by Kerry Perry (Feat Snoop Dog). Lioness Karen Carney and Carlos Gu are dancing a Jive to Blondie’s One Way Or Another.
Lewis Cope and his partner Katya Jones are also dancing a Jive. They are dancing to Get Ready by The Temptations. The Emmerdale star has a strong background in dancing. Although some viewers aren’t wildly happy about this…
Ross King and Jowita Przystał will be performing a Cha Cha Cha in the next episode of Strictly Come Dancing [Credit: BBC
Pink Pony Club and Push It
EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal is dancing with new pro, Julian Caillon. They will be performing a Samba. The song picked for them is KC and the Sunshine Band’s (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty.
Reality star Vicky Pattison is doing a Cha Cha Cha to Ella Eyre’s Best Of My Love with Kai Widdrington. ER actress Alex Kingston and her pro, Johannes Radebe, are dancing a Viennese Waltz to Michael Bublé’s Cry Me A River.
Rugby star Chris Robshaw is dancing a Samba to Unbelievable by EMF. He’s partnered with Nadiya Bychkova. Model and actress Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola are dancing to Yes, and I? by Ariana Granda. They’re performing a Cha Cha Cha.
Football icon Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Laura Oakley are doing a Quickstep to Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis. RuPaul Drag Race’s La Voix is dancing to Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan. She is with Aljaž Škorjanec.
Social media star George Clarke and newbie Alexis Warr are performing an American Smooth to Stargazing by Myles Smith. The Apprentice’s Thomas Skinner and Amy Dowden are doing a Paso Doble Hotei’s Battle Without Honor or Humanity.
Finally, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey – aka Gladiators’ Nitro – and Karen Hauer will be showing us a high energy performance. They are dancing a Cha Cha Cha to Push it by Salt-N-Peppa.
Strictly Come Dancing 2025: When can I vote?
Week 1 will see the Strictly Come Dancing judges reach for their score paddles for the first time this year. But although Shirley, Motsi, Anton and Craig will be giving marks, the public cannot vote.
The judges’ scores will be totted up and carried over to Week 2. This means there will not be a Strictly: The Results show, dance off or elimination in Week 1.
The first time the public will be able to vote for their favourite Strictly dancers is after Week 2’s live show, on Saturday October 4, 2025.
The public vote will be combined with the judges’ Week 1 and Week 2 scores. This will reveal the two couples in the first dance off.
When is the next episode of Strictly Come Dancing?
The next episode of Strictly Come Dancing will air on Saturday September 27, 2025. You can watch it on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 6.55pm. And you had better strap yourself in, as it is a long one!
Each of the 15 celebrities will be dancing for the first time with their pro, meaning the show’s runtime is 2hrs 30 minutes. It will finish at 9.25pm. Phew!
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