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Strictly Come Dancing
6:13 pm - 8:50 pm Saturday, September 26
Week 1 2026
Season 24 · Episode 2
Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe present the first live edition of the ballroom dance show. The celebrities and their partners perform their opening routines, safe in the knowledge that no one is being voted off this week, although judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke will offer their comments - good or bad. The contestants are Dani Dyer - back after a very early exit last year - Lacey Turner, Delta Goodrem, Chris Appleton, Will Best, Sarah Storey, Jaime Winstone, Melanie Walters, Cach Mercer, Bethany Antonia, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Graeme Hall, Lawrence Robb, Tabby Stoecker and John Nellis
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- Emma Willis — Host
- Josh Widdicombe — Host
- Johannes Radebe — Host
- Shirley Ballas — Judge
- Craig Revel Horwood — Judge
- Anton Du Beke — Judge
- Motsi Mabuse — Judge
- Dani Dyer — Contestant
- Lacey Turner — Contestant
- Delta Goodrem — Contestant
- Chris Appleton — Contestant
- Will Best — Contestant
- Sarah Storey — Contestant
- Jaime Winstone — Contestant
- Melanie Walters — Contestant
- Cach Mercer — Contestant
- Bethany Antonia — Contestant
- Shaun Wright-Phillips — Contestant
- Graeme Hall — Contestant
- Lawrence Robb — Contestant
- Tabby Stoecker — Contestant
- John Nellis — Contestant
- Sarah James — Executive producer
- Nikki Parsons — Director
- Iain Peckham — Series editor
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