Strictly Come Dancing week one leaderboard in full as first scores unveiled

23 September 2023 , 17:32

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Strictly Come Dancing week one leaderboard in full as first scores unveiled

Strictly Come Dancing returned this evening for its first live show - and we've got our first leaderboard for 2023!

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were back to host the first live show of the series and whilst tonight, the public won't be able to vote for their favourites, the judges did have a say on the different contestants.

Tonight, Anton du Beke, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and head judge Shirley Ballas returned to give their verdicts on this year's 15 contestants, as the celebrities battled it out with a variety of dances to kick off the competition.

On the first live show, Layton and Nikita did a Samba to Touch by Little Mix, Angela and Kai danced the Cha Cha to Get The Party Started by Shirley Bassey, Bobby and Dianne did a Foxtrot to All About You by McFly whilst Jody and Jowita performed a Quickstep to I’m Sitting on Top of the World by Bobby Darin. Angela and Carlos did a Tango to Prisoner by Miley Cyrus featuring Dua Lipa.

The Strictly 2023 professional dancers (PA)

Elsewhere, Ellie and Vito wowed with their Jive to Can’t Tame Her by Zara Larsson and Annabel and Johannes danced a Cha Cha to Uptown Girl by Billy Joel. Eddie and Karen did a Quickstep to Two Hearts by Phil Collins whilst Les and Nancy performed a Tango to Don’t You Want Me by the Human League. Adam and Luba did a Cha Cha to Waffle House by the Jonas Brothers whilst Amanda and Giovanni were no doubt hoping to impress the judges with a Viennese Waltz to Pointless by Lewis Capaldi.

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Nigel and Katya found themselves top of the leaderboard with a Paso Doble to Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana whilst Nikita and Gorka did a Waltz to Run To You by Whitney Houston. Making history as the first Love Island star to do the show, Zara and Graziano performed a Cha Cha to Rush by Jennifer Page whilst Krishnan and Lauren danced a Cha Cha to Boom Shack-A-Lack by Apache Indian.

Here's the leaderboard in full - but it's all to play for for the fifteen contestants as they dust off their dancing shoes.

Nigel and Katya - 32 points

Bobby and Dianne - 29 points

Layton and Nikita - 29 points

Ellie and Vito - 29 points

Amanda and Giovanni - 29 points

Angela and Kai - 28 points

Annabel and Johannes - 28 points

Angela and Carlos - 23 points

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Eddie and Karen - 22 points

Krishnan and Lauren - 22 points

Jody and Jowita - 21 points

Adam and Luba - 19 points

Zara and Graziano - 19 points

Nikita and Gorka - 18 points

Les and Nancy - 16 points

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Jasmine Allday