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.