Strictly Come Dancing returned to BBC screens on Saturday night with its highest viewing figures since 2021.
The launch episode of Strictly Come Dancing 2023 was watched by an average of 6.2 million viewers, according to overnight ratings - a spike from last year's launch.
During the episode, a handful of celebrities were told the dance they would be performing during their first live show. Former Love Island star Zara McDermott, who was paired with Graziano Di Prima, will be dancing the cha-cha-cha, while the only same-sex couple of this year, Bad Education star Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin, will perform the samba.
The launch episode included a tribute to the late Len Goodman, who became a judge on the BBC’s flagship programme in 2004, and appeared regularly until the 2016 Christmas Day special. The Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers and the judges also performed a dance in honour of their “Welsh dragon” Amy Dowden.
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