Strictly Come Dancing 2023 couples – full list of celebrities and their partners

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 is right here, with all the celebrities paired with their particular professional professional dancers.

The truth competitors collection went back to our displays on 16 September, with a launch program in which the celeb participants discovered which expert dancers they would certainly be combined up with.

Meet your Strictly Come Dancing couples listed below…

Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice

Sherlock celebrity Amanda Abbington is taking on Giovanni Pernice. You can learn even more concerning her right here.

Abbington, 51, has actually shown up on phase and display for several years, however is best understood for having fun Mary Watson in the BBC adjustment of Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales. She was formerly wed to Martin Freeman, that played her on-screen partner John Watson.

Italian professional dancer Pernice, 33, signed up with the actors of Strictly Come Dancing in 2015 and won with Rose Ayling-Ellis in 2021. Last year, he was the 2nd professional dancer to leave the competitors with Richie Anderson.

On dancing with Pernice, Abbington informed Claudia Winkleman: “I’m ecstatic! We get on really well, same sense of humour, and [are] dedicated to working hard.”

Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima

Love Island celebrity and docudrama host Zara McDermott is dancing with Graziano Di Prima. You can learn even more concerning her right here.

McDermott, 26, climbed to popularity on the ITV2 dating program, however has actually because branched off right into providing job, covering major topics such as vengeance pornography. She is the initial Love Island celebrity to take place Strictly.

Hailing from Italy, Di Prima, 29, signed up with Strictly in 2018, dancing with Vick Hope. He do without a companion for 2 years prior to completing once more in 2021, positioning 6th in 2015 with Kym Marsh.

During the Strictly launch program, McDermott claimed that she was “probably the most nervous I’ve been in my life”, including: “I’m not a natural born performer or extrovert, so this is the biggest challenge of my life!”

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Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystał

Paralympian Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystał are completing with each other. You can learn even more concerning him right here.

Cundy, 44, is a champ professional athlete that has actually stood for Great Britain at 7 Summer Paralympics. He’s won a complete of 8 gold, one silver and 3 bronze medals throughout swimming and biking occasions.

2023 is just Przystał’s 2nd collection on Strictly, however the 29-year-old professional dancer left to an outstanding beginning in 2022 after raising the Glitterball Trophy with wild animals speaker Hamza Yassin.

Learning she was dancing with Cundy, she claimed: “I need to admit I’m actually a bit nervous because I don’t want to let him down, but I have a lot of ideas.”

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lauren Oakley

Channel 4 News speaker Krishnan Guru-Murthy is dancing with Lauren Oakley. You can learn even more concerning him right here.

Guru-Murthy, 53, has actually offered at Channel 4 News for 25 years and is understood for his ruthless meeting design.

Oakley, on the other hand, is a beginner and is completing on her initial collection of Strictly.

Guru-Murthy commended the “brilliant” pairing, with Oakley, 32, including: “It might be the first time that I’m partnered with somebody, but I know it’s a big ask for the celebrities to go out there and dance. So I think I need to be kind and give you confidence to have fun, but when it’s time to be strict I know how to be strict, don’t worry about that!”

Angela Rippon and Kai Widdrington

Legendary newsreader Angela Rippon is dancing with Kai Widdrington. You can learn even more concerning her right here.

Aged 78, Rippon is the earliest celeb to participate in Strictly in the program’s background. She has an unique link to the collection, having actually formerly offered the BBC’s long-running ballroom collection Come Dancing that offers Strictly its name.

Widdrington, 28, climbed to popularity on Britain’s Got Talent prior to signing up with Strictly in 2021. He got to the last with AJ Odudu in his initial year, however was initially out with Kaye Adams in 2022.

“When I saw it was Kai I couldn’t have been happier I promise you,” Rippon claimed of her companion, with Widdrington including: “I am absolutely delighted to have Angela, I think we are going to be fabulous.”

Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin

Musical theater celebrity Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin remain in the only same-sex collaboration of the collection. You can learn even more concerning Williams right here.

Williams, 29, was simply 12 when he started his expert profession as the lead in Billy Elliot in the West End. To music theater followers, he’s best understood currently for playing teenager drag queen Jamie New in the music Everybody’s Talking About Jamie from 2019 to 2022, however television customers will certainly acknowledge him from the Jack Whitehall funny Bad Education.

Ukrainian professional dancer Kuzmin, 25, signed up with Strictly in 2021 and has actually danced with Tilly Ramsay and Ellie Simmonds.

Discussing Williams’s previous dancing experience, Kuzmin claimed: “Ballroom and Latin are completely different to anything Layton has done so far, the technique, posture and especially to co-ordination is completely different. He has a lot to learn and I can’t wait to teach him.”

Nigel Harman and Katya Jones

Former EastEnders star Nigel Harman is dancing with Katya Jones. You can learn even more concerning him right here.

Harman, 50, is best understood for having fun “bad boy” Dennis Rickman on the BBC soap from 2003 to 2005. He has likewise had an occupation in music theater, having actually shown up in the initial Mamma Mia! actors and won an Olivier Award for his function as Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical.

His companion Jones, 34, has actually shown up on Strictly for 7 collection, throughout which she contended in the program’s initial same-sex pair with Nicola Adams.

Hearing concerning Jones’s “strict” training design, Harman claimed: “Everyone keeps telling me this and every time they tell me this I get more and more terrified, but I am pretending I’m really calm about it.”

Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell

EastEnders celebrity Bobby Brazier is dancing with Dianne Buswell. You can learn even more concerning him right here.

The kid of the late Jade Goody and speaker Jeff Brazier, 20-year-old Brazier can be seen having fun Freddie Slater in EastEnders. He started his profession as a version, having actually been searched when he was simply 16, and has actually strolled for Dolce & Gabbana in Milan.

Buswell, his companion, is an Australian professional dancer that signed up with the program in 2018. The 34-year-old got to the last with Joe Sugg in 2018, and both have actually dated because.

Brazier claimed he was “so pleased” with his companion, with Buswell including: “I am so happy I have already adopted Bobby as my little brother, and I already care so much about him. I just want him to have the best time ever.”

Eddie Kadi and Karen Hauer

Comedian Eddie Kadi remains in a pair with Karen Hauer. You can learn even more concerning him right here.

Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kadi and his family members transferred to London when he was 8. He got involved in stand-up at college and in 2010 was the initial Black British comic to heading the O2 Arena.

Hauer, 41, is Strictly’s lengthiest offering professional professional dancer, having actually signed up with the program in 2012. Despite this, she has actually never ever won the competitors, however got to the last with Jamie Laing in 2020.

Kadi, 40, contrasted Hauer to “Kryptonite”, stating: “She’s got a sound, ‘ta ta’, when you get something a little bit wrong. ‘Ta ta’. I’m like, oh my God, I’ve got to get used to ‘ta ta’.”

Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe

Former tennis gamer Annabel Croft is taking on Johannes Radebe. You can learn even more concerning her right here.

At the age of 15, Croft came to be the youngest gamer to contend at Wimbledon for 95 years. She retired aged 21 and relocated right into broadcasting, and has actually claimed she really hopes Strictly will certainly allow her “find some joy” adhering to the fatality of her partner previously this year.

Radebe, 36, contended on Strictly for the very first time in 2019, and came 2nd location in 2021 with John Whaite in the program’s very first male same-sex pairing. In current meetings, Whaite has actually confessed that he “fell in love” with his companion throughout the competitors.

Croft, 57, was thrilled to be combined up with Radebe, stating: “I’ve got the best partner I could possibly have wished for. Honestly he’s so special, you really are so special. It’s such an honour and a privilege to be dancing with you, thank you.”

Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola

Coronation Street celebrity Ellie Leach is dancing with Vito Coppola. You can learn even more concerning her right here.

Leach, 22, is understood to a lot of for her 12-year job as Faye Windass on the ITV soap. She started when she was simply 9 and left the program in May.

Coppola, 30, contended on Strictly for the very first time in 2022, where he got to the last with Fleur East.

Leach claimed: “I’m over the moon that Vito is my partner. Honestly, I’m so excited! I think we are going to have so much fun.”

Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk

Actor Adam Thomas is dancing with Luba Mushtuk. You can learn even more concerning him right here.

The bro of Love Island celebrity Scott Thomas and Corrie’s Ryan Thomas, Thomas, 35, is best understood to a lot of for his functions on Waterloo Road and Emmerdale.

This is Mushtuk’s 6th year on Strictly, however just her 3rd with a companion. She contended in 2019 and 2020, when she was initially out and came 11th specifically. In the years because, Mushtuk, 33, has actually not had a companion.

Learning that his companion was, Thomas claimed: “I’m loving life… what is not to love? I’m on Strictly Come Dancing and I’ve got this Russian princess! I’m buzzing, absolutely over the moon.”

Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu

television speaker Angela Scanlon is taking on Carlos Gu. You can learn even more concerning her right here.

Scanlon is understood to BBC customers as the host of Your Home Made Perfect and spin-off Your Garden Made Perfect. Back house in Ireland, the 39-year-old can still be seen on display in her prominent RTÉ conversation program Ask Me Anything.

Chinese nationwide dancing champ Gu, 39, signed up with Strictly in 2022, where he got to the last with Molly Rainford.

Gu appeared favorable concerning his brand-new collaboration, informing Winkleman: “I have made a better plan and we are going for the Glitter Ball… We’ll do it one step at a time, no rush.”

Nikita Kanda and Gorka Márquez

Radio speaker Nikita Kanda and Gorka Márquez are dancing with each other. You can learn even more concerning her right here.

Hailing from Birmingham, Kanda, 28, organizes the BBC Asian Network’s morning meal program. The DJ has likewise had functions in West End manufacturings of The Wiz, Bugsy Malone, Annie and Pocahontas.

This is Spanish professional dancer Márquez’s 7th year on Strictly. The 33-year-old has actually come 2nd two times: with Alexandra Burke in 2017, and Helen Skelton in 2015.

Asked concerning her dancing abilities by Winkleman, Kanda claimed: “I am a party animal but when it comes to choreography, that’s what I’m here to learn… I need to learn some new skills, I’m just like one arm up in the air.”

Les Dennis and Nancy Xu

Entertainer Les Dennis remains in a pair with Nancy Xu. You can learn even more concerning him right here.

An overall performer, Dennis, 69, climbed to popularity as a comic prior to branching off right into providing. To most, he’s best referred to as the host of Family Fortunes, however has actually likewise shown up in a number of musicals in the West End.

Chinese professional dancer Xu contended on her initial collection in 2021 and has actually put 4th and 5th in her 2 previous competitors.

After he was the last pair to be revealed, Dennis claimed of Xu, 32: “I am so happy… as soon as I met Nancy I knew I could learn from her, she is a great teacher and she is so enthusiastic.”

Strictly Come Dancing broadcasts every Saturday on BBC One.