Strictly season is formally underway(Credits: PA)The first dwell present of the brand new sequence of Strictly Come Dancing attracted a peak viewers of seven.2 million viewers, on par with final 12 months in line with in a single day scores.
Saturday marked the primary competitors night time of the hit present with 15 {couples} battling it out on the dancefloor which was watched by a mean of 6.6 million viewers, in contrast with 6.8 million in 2022, whereas the 2021 opening present was seen by 7.9 million.
However, viewing figures for this 12 months’s launch present was watched by a mean of 6.2 million viewers, whereas the 2022 present introduced in 5.4 million.
Last 12 months’s opener was as a result of air on Saturday September 17 however was postponed as a result of schedule adjustments forward of the Queen’s funeral. Instead the BBC confirmed the launch only a day earlier than the primary dwell present.
Saturday’s present noticed cleaning soap actor Nigel Harman and professional associate Katya Jones on the prime of the leaderboard after he closed the programme with a dramatic paso doble.
Judge Craig Revel Horwood hailed his efficiency ‘the dance of the night time’ whereas head choose Shirley Ballas tipped him as ‘the one to beat’.
Nigel Harman topped the leaderboard on Saturday(Picture: PA)
Angela Rippon additionally impressed with a really daring transfer (Picture: BBC)Bobby Brazier– who performs Freddie Slater within the BBC cleaning soap – has confessed to by no means having watched Strictly in his life, however that didn’t cease him from wowing the judges and viewers along with his first routine.
And his dad Jeff, 44, was overwhelmed with emotion and pleasure as he clapped for his eldest son, who he shares with late Big Brother star Jade Goody.
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Strictly followers had been left tearful on Saturday when Amy Dowden made a shock look through the first dwell present.
Amy Dowden was included within the opening titles (Picture: Shutterstock)Sadly, the Welsh professional dancer, 33, received’t be competing as common in Strictly this 12 months, having been identified with breast most cancers. She is at present present process chemotherapy.
However, Amy has remained optimistic about her future on the dancefloor, and followers got motive to smile when she popped up unexpectedly within the new opening titles.
During the top shot, skilled dancers who don’t have companions this 12 months seem with a few of their greatest strikes, together with Nadiya Bychkova, Neil Jones, and Michelle Tsiakkas.
Metro.co.uk has contacted BBC for remark.
Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday at 6.15pm on BBC One.
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