Strictly Come Dancing Halloween week 2026: All the songs and dances, plus Sir Ian McKellen’s Dracula cameo
Vampires, Ghostbusters and a show first with the triple dance-offStrictly Come Dancing Halloween week 2026 arrives on BBC One tonight, with 11 couples dancing everything from a Ghostbusters tango to a Little Mix quickstep.
The spooky weekend continues into Sunday’s results show, where the professionals perform a Dracula-themed group dance featuring Sir Ian McKellen’s voice, and the first triple dance-off in Strictly history decides who goes home.
Here’s everything you need to know about this weekend’s show.
What time is Strictly on tonight?
Strictly Come Dancing: Halloween Special is on BBC One and iPlayer tonight, Saturday, October 31, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
The results show follows on Sunday, November 1 at 7.10pm on BBC One.
What are the Strictly Come Dancing Halloween 2026 songs and dances?
These are tonight’s dances, with the celebrity named first in each couple:
- Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu: jive to “I’m in Love with a Monster” by Fifth Harmony
- Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin: Viennese waltz to “My Favorite Things” by Rodgers and Hammerstein
- Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington: Viennese waltz to “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers
- Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu: salsa to “Filthy/Gorgeous” by Scissor Sisters
- Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola: Charleston to “Crazy Stupid Love” by Cheryl and Tinie Tempah
- Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita: quickstep to “Black Magic” by Little Mix
- Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby: Argentine tango to “Pas de Deux” by Michael Abels
- Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley: samba to “Coconut” by Harry Nilsson
- John Nellis and Katya Jones: tango to “DANCE…” by Slayyyter
- Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystał: tango to “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr
- Will Best and Dianne Buswell: Couple’s Choice to “Nu Flow” by Big Brovaz
Two couples have gone for the Viennese waltz, and three for the tango, including the most obviously Halloween song of the night: Lawrence and Jowita’s Ghostbusters.
What is the Strictly Halloween pros dance?
The Strictly Come Dancing Halloween pro dance is on Sunday’s results show, from 7.10pm on BBC One and iPlayer, to Dracula by Tame Impala.
It opens at a drive-in movie theatre, where Alexis Warr and Nikita Kuzmin are on a first date, until it’s revealed that Nikita is a vampire. The rest of the professionals then join them for a tango-style group routine.
Sir Ian McKellen has specially recorded an extract from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which will be heard at the routine’s climax.
Sunday’s results show also features music from Becky Hill.
What is the triple dance-off?
For the first time in the show’s history, three couples will face the dance-off in Sunday’s results show, rather than the usual two.
The three couples with the lowest combined judges’ scores and public votes will dance again. The judges then each vote for the couple they want to send home, rather than the couple they want to save.
Who are the Halloween judges?
The judging panel is Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke.
Who left Strictly Come Dancing last week?
Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr were the fourth couple to leave, on Sunday, October 25.
Shaun had finished bottom of the leaderboard with 17 points and faced Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu in the dance-off. Shirley voted to save Shaun, but Motsi, Craig and Anton all chose Jaime and Carlos, who stayed by three votes to one.
That leaves 11 couples heading into Halloween week.
Read more: Strictly Halloween week 2025 songs and dances
Strictly Come Dancing: Halloween Special is on BBC One tonight at 6.30pm
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