Sixteen couples will take part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing - but only eight will dance in Week 1, with the other eight couples dancing in Week 2.
Following the random draw, the following eight couples will now dance in Week 1 of Strictly Come Dancing:
Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna
Lynda Bellingham & Darren Bennett
Joe Calzaghe & Kristina Rihanoff
Ricky Groves & Erin Boag
Martina Hingis & Matthew Cutler
Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan
Jade Johnson & Ian Waite
Rav Wilding & Aliona Vilani
Friday 18th September will be Ballroom night, where the first eight of the celebrity contestants and their professional partners will be put through their paces dancing either a waltz or a tango.
Saturday 19th September will be Latin night where things will hot-up even more as the same couples perform a cha-cha or a rumba. At the end of the Saturday show, one of the above eight couples will be eliminated and will leave the show for good.
In the second week of Strictly Come Dancing 2009, the remaining eight couples will participate. Again, there will be two shows, on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September, and this second group of eight couples will perform a Ballroom dance on one night and a Latin dance on the other.
Natalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone
Richard Dunwoody & Lilia Kopylova
Craig Kelly & Flavia Cacace
Zoe Lucker & James Jordan
Laila Rouass & Anton du Beke
Phil Tufnell & Katya Virshilas
Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe
Jo Wood & Brendan Cole
Again, one couple will be eliminated during the Saturday show and will leave the contest for good.
From Week 3, Strictly Come Dancing will revert to one show per week - a bumper show on Saturday evenings (starting Saturday 3rd October). In this show, the 14 remaining couples will come together to compete against each other, and as usual, one couple per week will leave the series.
Good that they had a random draw, instead of males one week and females the other last year.
Following the random draw, the following eight couples will now dance in Week 1 of Strictly Come Dancing:
Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna
Lynda Bellingham & Darren Bennett
Joe Calzaghe & Kristina Rihanoff
Ricky Groves & Erin Boag
Martina Hingis & Matthew Cutler
Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan
Jade Johnson & Ian Waite
Rav Wilding & Aliona Vilani
Friday 18th September will be Ballroom night, where the first eight of the celebrity contestants and their professional partners will be put through their paces dancing either a waltz or a tango.
Saturday 19th September will be Latin night where things will hot-up even more as the same couples perform a cha-cha or a rumba. At the end of the Saturday show, one of the above eight couples will be eliminated and will leave the show for good.
In the second week of Strictly Come Dancing 2009, the remaining eight couples will participate. Again, there will be two shows, on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September, and this second group of eight couples will perform a Ballroom dance on one night and a Latin dance on the other.
Natalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone
Richard Dunwoody & Lilia Kopylova
Craig Kelly & Flavia Cacace
Zoe Lucker & James Jordan
Laila Rouass & Anton du Beke
Phil Tufnell & Katya Virshilas
Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe
Jo Wood & Brendan Cole
Again, one couple will be eliminated during the Saturday show and will leave the contest for good.
From Week 3, Strictly Come Dancing will revert to one show per week - a bumper show on Saturday evenings (starting Saturday 3rd October). In this show, the 14 remaining couples will come together to compete against each other, and as usual, one couple per week will leave the series.
Good that they had a random draw, instead of males one week and females the other last year.
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He has my vote before he puts a foot on the dance floor. 
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