Strictly Come Dancing is preparing to celebrate Halloween week and in this series, the professionals will mark the occasion with a Beetlejuice-inspired routine.
Tonight (October 26), the remaining 11 couples will take to the ballroom floor once again but this time they will be dressed in spooky attire.
During Sunday’s results show, the professional dancers will showcase a routine, choreographed by Matt Flint, that will see Carlos Gu dressed as the lead character of Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy film and its sequel which was released in September.
Strictly Come Dancing dances for Halloween Week 2024
On the live show tonight, comedian Chris McCausland and his partner Dianne Buswell will perform a samba to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees while JLS member JB Gill and Amy Dowden foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader.
Reality star Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal will perform a Viennese waltz to That’s Life by Frank Sinatra with EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas dancing the American smooth to The Addams Family theme song.
Also dancing is Morning Live’s Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez who will tango to Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics and former hockey player Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin will jive to Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Speaking about his costume for Halloween this year, Kuzmin said: “I’ve been a gherkin before. This year I’m going to be Dobby.
“I’ve got great socks for the costume.
“I’m going to be driving from my house to the studio in the Dobby costume, so everyone can look at me driving and wonder where Dobby is going.”
Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec will perform a samba to I Like To Move It by Reel 2 Real while Miranda star Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola attempt the first Argentine tango to Ready Or Not by the Fugees.
Speaking about what terrifies her at Halloween, actress Hadland said: “In my road where I live, Halloween is massive.
“One year a friend bought this really simple rubber mask. I really didn’t like.
Strictly Come Dancing's 2024 professional dancers
“It really freaked me out, even though I knew who it was.
“I also once went on the Saw experience at Thorpe Park. I started crying halfway round and my friend had to drag me out.
“My friend thought it was hilarious. It was just terrifying, but my friend loved it.”
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Elsewhere on the show, singer Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu will showcase a paso doble to In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Edvard Grieg while Welsh opera singer Wynne Evans and Katya Jones will perform a salsa to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai.
British Olympian Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe are to perform a cha cha to Love Potion No 9 by the Clovers.
Strictly Come Dancing will air on Saturday, October 26 at 6.25pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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