They pull in 13 million viewers a night over on Strictly Come Dancing, but would you recognise some of the show's biggest stars from these snaps taken before they were famous?

A NYE performance from the Strictly pros? Yes please.

Nicola Adams and her girlfriend Ella Baig said they were going on a 'strictly business' trip to the Maldives, before Ella posed in her bikini at their plush water villa

The Strictly Come Dancing professionals will take to the dancefloor one last time in 2020 with a special routine as part of the BBC’s The Big New Year’s In.

They will be part of BBC One's The Big New Year's In.

One last dance for 2020

Kevin Clifton admitted that he left the show after thinking he had danced with lots of different celebrity partners 

Bill Bailey has admitted he would love to see music panel show 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' back on screens

Nicola Adams and her girlfriend Ella Baig have headed to the Maldives for a work trip.

The comedian, 55, was a panellist on the BBC show from series 11 to 21, with the show having 28 series altogether from 1996 to 2015.

Strictly's Gemma Atkinson revealed her family visit to Spain with partner Gorka Marquez and daughter Mia has been cancelled – see her sad post

After an unfortunate knee injury spoiled some of his early rehearsals, Emmerdale star Joe-Warren Plant is now ready to show off his moves on Dancing On Ice!

The love life of Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice has come in for plenty of speculation in the press. But have things just changed?

Caroline Quentin compared 'Strictly Come Dancing' to the terrifying opening night of a theatre performance

Kevin Clifton opened up about deciding to leave the show at the beginning of the year - before the pandemic changed everything for theatres 

Maisie Smith was looking très chic in her latest social media post…

How odd it seems now that, 16 years ago, the BBC considered Strictly Come Dancing a huge risk - Telegraph.co.uk

While gracing the cover of Good Housekeeping , the Jonathan Creek actress also branded her Strictly stint as 'the greatest learning curve' as she detailed the advice she'd giver her younger self