At 78, TV legend Angela Rippon is Strictly's oldest ever contestant but as she prepares to take to the dance floor with Kai tonight, she revealed she had taken some well-deserved time out

BBC pro - who has a dance school in Birmingham - is currently fighting breast cancer and posted a snap of her promo shot on Instagram on Saturday, saying "hopefully" she'll return "in a few weeks."

Bobby Brazier’s dance partner for Strictly Come Dancing is Dianne Buswell

The TV presenter is one of 15 famous faces competing in this year's edition of Strictly Come Dancing.

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Bobby was very honest!

The Channel 4 host, 53, was nearly 15 stone when he agreed to take part in the high-energy BBC competition show - which launches at 6.15pm tonight.

Ellie Leach and her pro partner Vito Coppola will take to the dancefloor on Saturday night as the first BBC Strictly Come Dancing live show of the year airs.

The actress, 49, shared a video to Instagram on Saturday, just hours ahead of the first live show, where she rubbished the rumours in a swear-filled rant.

Actress Amanda Abbington is apparently clashing with her professional dancing partner, Giovanni Pernice, over his strict and aggressive training style.

EXCLUSIVE: Strictly Come Dancing is officially back following last week's impressive launch, and now that the public have been introduced to all of this series' couples, many are already placing their bets on the winner.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Giovanni Pernice has been hit by feud rumours again after reports Amanda Abbington is already 'ready to quit' - here's which stars have clashed with the Italian in the past

The pair reportedly locked horns as the first live show of the series looms.

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Strictly waltzed back onto on screens last week, marking it's 21st series.

Angela Scanlon is about to shimmy her way onto the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor with the first live show this weekend.

Ahead of the first live show of the hit BBC One series tonight, Angela said she was facing “night terrors” ahead of her first performance.

Last Saturday was the launch show for the new series, and we jump straight into the first live performances tonight