Strictly Come Dancing: The stars are preparing for Halloween week

It's a spooky night time within the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom!

The stars are getting ready for the annual Halloween week of competitions on Saturday night, which is able to embody songs by Charli XCX, Lady Gaga and Benson Boone.

It is considered one of a number of themed weeks that happen annually – the others being Movies, Blackpool, Musicals and Icons.

It comes as hypothesis continues over who will substitute presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, following their announcement final week that they might be leaving on the finish of the present collection.

Fans exterior Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire steered names together with Alesha Dixon, Zoe Ball and Alison Hammond as many new hosts as potential,

This yr's Strictly grand finale is on December 20, and the BBC mentioned Winkleman and Daly's remaining look can be a Christmas Day particular.

throughout final week's presentThe two nodded on the information of their departure and thanked viewers for his or her “beautiful messages”.

The weekend will even see a particular efficiency from Celebrity Traitors star Kat Burns, who will seem throughout Sunday night time's outcomes present.

• Alex & Johannes – Salsa To Horny feat by Moose T. Hot 'n' Juicy
• Amber & Nikita – Viennese Waltz To I See Red by Everybody Loves An Outlaw
• Balwinder & Julian – Samba Will Live by Shakespeare's Sister
• Ellie and Vito – Tango to Abracadabra by Lady Gaga
• George & Alexis – Cha Cha Cha To Apple by Charli XCX
• Harry and Karen – American Smooth to Mystically Magical by Benson Boone
• Karen and Carlos – Argentine Tango to Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
• La Voix and Aljaz – from Paso Doble to Beethoven's fifth
• Lewis & Katya – Couple Choice for Creep by Radiohead
• Vicky and Kai – American Smooth to Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

If you wish to keep away from the unhealthy outcomes of final Saturday's Icons Week, cease studying now

Last week, the Emmerdale star Lewis Cope And his dance accomplice Katya Jones led the pack with 34 factors, after their Johnny Cash Quickstep impressed the judges.

sound Cher offered loads of laughs with a rousing efficiency of Believe earlier than diving into the salsa Strong Enough. The judges mentioned there was room for enchancment, however praised La Voix's charisma on the dancefloor.

Other highlights included a mood-boosting dance ellie goldstein and his accomplice Vito Coppola, who packed a punch with a dynamic salsa within the Spice Girls medley. Goldstein additionally obtained a touching video message from her favourite Spice Girl, Baby.

Despite some impressively flared trousers, the YouTuber george clarke Hit a bomb word along with his jive to Harry Styles' 'As It Was'. Craig Revel Horwood, scathing as ever, referred to as it “flat footed”, and Clarke and his teammate Alexis War have been out for the bottom rating this night – 27.

But ultimately, it was jimmy floyd hasselbaink and adopted up with a dance off in opposition to her accomplice Lauren Oakley, who left the competitors amber davis And Nikita Kuzmin.

This Saturday night time, the remaining {couples} will undergo terrifying transformations as they carry out routines and hope to win over the judges and viewers at residence.

We can count on judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton du Beke to additionally get into the Halloween spirit – with all eyes on which costume they’ll select.

Halloween week can be a milestone, as Week 6 is nearly midway by means of the competitors.

Fans can count on to get pleasure from methods and treats full of vampires, corpses and skeletons.

But as all the time – the couple whose efficiency doesn't precisely create magic can be eradicated throughout Sunday night time's outcomes present.

Strictly Come Dancing is broadcast stay on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 18:35.