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Strictly star suffers crushing blow just hours before first live show of 2024

Strictly Come Dancing is about to launch its first live show of its 20th anniversary series – but one unlucky star could be facing their exit sooner than they think

Strictly's contestants for 2024 (Image: BBC Studios/Ray Burmiston)We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell - Cha Cha to Twist and Shout by The Beatles Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas - Viennese Waltz to Beautiful Things by Benson Boone JB Gill and Amy Dowden - Waltz to When I Need You by Leo Sayer Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe - Foxtrot to Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby by Dinah Washington Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk - Jive to We Built This City by Starship Paul Merson and Karen Hauer - American Smooth to Vindaloo by Fat Les Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał - Paso Doble to Breathe by The Prodigy Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez - Cha Cha to Love At First Sight by Kylie Minogue Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin - Foxtrot to Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola - Quickstep to 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu - Samba to Do I Do by Stevie Wonder Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Škorjanec - Cha Cha to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter Tom Dean and Nadiya Bychkova - Tango to Golden by Harry Styles Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones - Tango to Ray Of Light by Madonna Wynne Evans and Katya Jones - Samba to Help Yourself by Tom Jones After a year off our screens, Strictly is back with a bang – the 2 hour 25 minute extravaganza airs on BBC One and iPlayer at 7pm on Saturday September 21.

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