The Strictly Come Dancing 2018 couples are announced!
8 September 2018, 21:00 | Updated: 1 October 2018, 17:08
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its 16th series tonight (September 8).
After weeks of speculation, the show confirmed the celebrity and professional dancer couples that will compete in this year's series.
The full list of couples are:
Seann Walsh and Katya Jones
Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton
Charles Venn and Karen Clifton
Lauren Steadman and AJ Pritchard
Danny John-Jules and Amy Dowden
Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev
Katie Piper and Gorka Marquez
Graeme Swann and Oti Mabuse
Kate Silverton and Aljaž Škorjanec
Vick Hope and Graziano di Prima
Susannah Constantine and Anton du Beke
Faye Tozer and Giovanni Pernice
Lee Ryan and Nadiya Bychkova
Ranj Singh and Janette Manrara
Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell
Neil Jones and newbies Luba Mushtuk and Johannes Radebe will also be on standby if any of the professionals can't appear, and will also feature in group dances.
And if you're wondering where Brendan Cole is, he was axed from the show after appearing in all previous 15 series.
Strictly Come Dancing will return in a few weeks, when the couples will dance together on screen for the first time.
