Strictly Come Dancing 2025: All the dances and songs for Week 2 confirmed
Natasha Rigler | 5:46pm Wed 1 OctStrictly Come Dancing’s celebrity contestants are back at work in the training room – and now their songs and dances for Week 2 have been revealed.
The BBC has confirmed which disciplines each of the famous contestants and their professional partners will be taking on this weekend, from Jives to Sambas to Viennese Waltzes.
We can also reveal the 15 celebrities’ songs. And some are real bangers!
Balviner Sopal and her fellow Strictly celebrities have new dances and songs [Credit: BBC]
Strictly Come Dancing’s Week 2 dances
First up is RuPaul Drag Race star La Voix. She will be dancing a Jive with Aljaž Škorjanec to Shakira’s Objection (Tango). Neighbours star Stefan Dennis will be dancing a Cha-cha-cha with Dianne Buswell. Their chosen song is Give It Up by KC & The Sunshine Band.
Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is doing a Quickstep on Saturday with Karen Hauer. They are dancing to The Blues Brothers’ Everybody Needs Somebody To Love. Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope and Katya Jones are performing to Teddy Swims’ Lose Control. They are doing a Viennese Waltz.
It’s a Cha-cha-cha former footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Lauren Oakley. They’re dancing to Santa Esmeralda’s I Heard it Through the Grapevine. The Apprentice’s Thomas Skinner is doing a Salsa with Amy Dowden. Their song is Bonkers by Dizzee Rascal.
EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon are dancing a Charleston to Been Like This by Megan Trainor. It’s a Proclaimers hit for Ross King. The showbiz broadcaster is dancing a Waltz with Jowita Pryzstal to Sunshine on Leith.
Thomas Skinner and Amy Dowden will be dancing a Salsa this weekend [Credit: BBC]
Dua Lipa and Bruno Mars
West End star Amber Davies is doing a Samba with Nikita Kuzmin and their song is Bam Bam by Camila Cabello. Former Lioness Karen Carney, who is top of the leaderboard, is dancing a Tango with Carlos Gu and the tune picked for them is Training Season by Dua Lipa. But is it enough keep their place in the competition?
Reality star Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington will be performing a Foxtrot to Rein Me In by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean. ER actress Alex Kingston will be back with Johannes Radebe. They are doing a Samba to La Bamba by Connie Francis.
Ellie Goldstein, a model and actress, is going to dance a Waltz. She and Vito Coppola are performing to Ellie Goulding’s Your Song. Rugby star Chris Robshaw is doing a Viennese Waltz with Nadia Bychkova. Their song is Die with a Smile by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.
Social media influencer George Clarke is dancing a Paso Doble. His and Alexis Warr‘s song is Game of Survival by Ruelle.
Strictly viewers will be able to join the judges and vote for the first time this weekend [Credit: BBC]
Voting for my Strictly Come Dancing favourite
Good news; the public vote is open for the first time this weekend but the voting system has changed. The phone vote has now been scrapped and Strictly Come Dancing viewers can only cast their votes online.
Fans can vote for their three favourite couples at the end of Saturday night’s show. The results will then be added to the judges’ combined scores from Week 1 and Week 2, with the lowest scoring two couples competing in the dance-off.
This means this weekend will also see the return of Strictly Come Dancing: The Results. It airs on Sunday evening. But in another twist, the deciding dance-off vote will now be shared between all four judges. They will each take it in turn on a weekly basis, meaning head judge Shirley Ballas no longer holds all the power.
Strictly Come Dancing airs at 6.20pm on BBC One on Saturday October 4, 2025. The Results show starts at 7.15pm the following night (Sunday October 5). Can’t wait!
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