{"id":4897,"date":"2025-09-06T00:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/4897\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:44:10","slug":"first-look-strictly-confirms-spectacular-details-for-2025-launch-show-with-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/4897\/","title":{"rendered":"First look! Strictly confirms “spectacular” details for 2025 launch show with trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> has unveiled a first-look at its upcoming 2025 series. <\/p>\n

The trailer, posted on YouTube<\/a>, sees the professional dancers enjoying a pool party with Head Judge Shirley Ballas.<\/p>\n

As Johannes Radebe arrives at the luxurious mansion, he is greeted by the other Strictly pros \u2013 each sporting colourful summer outfits. They sashay around the grounds before Shirley emerges from a cabana to join the dance.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, making a big splash at the event are new pros Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon, who are clearly keen to dive into the series. <\/p>\n

The dance clip teases the sizzling full-length routine that will be performed on Strictly’s launch show on Saturday 20 September<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The routine will also feature fellow Strictly judges Anton du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse as the cast kick off this year’s dazzling competition. <\/p>\n

As always, the launch show will reveal who each of the 15 celebrities<\/a> have been paired with. In a series of special sequences, the stars will come face-to-face with their professional partners. <\/p>\n

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BBC<\/p>\n

Related: Strictly star arrested on suspicion of rape and intimate image abuse<\/a><\/p>\n

This year’s celebrities include soap actors Lewis Cope, Stefan Dennis<\/a> and Balvinder Sopal<\/a>, reality TV stars Vicky Pattison<\/a> and Dani Dyer, and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist La Voix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Presenter Ross King, former footballer Karen Carney and Doctor Who’s Alex Kingston<\/a> are also part of the line-up. The stars will join the pros on the floor to perform a “spectacular” group dance for the very first time. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, viewers will also be treated to a “sensational” routine from reigning champions Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, as well as an exclusive performance from Jessie J.
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Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturdays on BBC One, while spin-off Strictly: It Takes Two<\/a> airs on weeknights on BBC Two. Both shows are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

Interested in talking about Strictly? Visit our dedicated sub-forum<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more Strictly news on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

Celebrate Lady Gaga with our special collector’s edition bookazine \u2013 pre-order online now<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n

\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Divya is a freelance writer with experience in entertainment and lifestyle news. Described as a “telly addict” since childhood, Divya was able to translate her interests into a BJTC-accredited, Honours degree in Journalism and Media. After working in communications and marketing, Divya joined Digital Spy<\/a>\u00a0as a Freelance News Reporter. She has also written for various publications including\u00a0Metro<\/a>,\u00a0Asian World News\u00a0and\u00a0TwitCelebGossip;\u00a0as well as interviews, features and reviews on her own blog. Divya prides herself on her TV,\u00a0film<\/a>\u00a0and showbiz knowledge, always offering (not so) fun facts to her long-suffering friends and family. From\u00a0soaps<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0superheroes<\/a>, Divya is the go-to person for tailored recommendations\u00a0and up to date information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing has unveiled a first-look at its upcoming 2025 series. The trailer, posted on YouTube, sees…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2115,6529,2117,156,2120,2116,111,139,69,6528,437],"class_list":["post-4897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-82017eee-f3ff-4f97-b33c-afbf75407a14","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-locale-gb","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shorttitle-strictly-teases-2025-launch-show-with-new-trailer","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}