The first live show of Strictly Come Dancing has arrived!
Tonight (26 September), 15 celebrities and their professional dance partners will take to the dance floor to perform their routines for the first time before judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood.
As it is week 1, no pair will be eliminated, and their scores will be rolled over onto next week’s leaderboard.
As the dancing duos prepare to put on a show, here is a breakdown of every score from Strictly Come Dancing 2026 LIVE!
Strictly Come Dancing 2026 leaderboard – Week 1Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola – 7 + 6 + 7 + 7 = 27Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin – 6 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 22Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington – 7 + 8 + 7 + 7 = 29Chris Appleton and Amy Dowden – 3 + 4 + 4 + 5 = 16Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby – 3 + 6 + 5 + 6 = 20Will Best and Dianne Buswell – 4 + 5 + 4 + 5 = 18Dame Sarah Storey and Julian Caillon – 3 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 15Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu – 5 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 21Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu – 6 + 7 + 6 + 7 = 26Shaun-Wright Phillips and Alexis Warr – 2 + 4 + 4 + 5 = 15Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley – 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystał – 4 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 20Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita – 4 + 6 + 5 + 7 = 22John Nellis and Katya Jones – 7 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 31 – TOP OF WEEK 1Melanie Walters and Aljaž Škorjanec – 2 + 4 + 4 + 5 = 15
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday 26 September at 6:15pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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