Throng

Strictly Come Dancing is back and it starts tonight.

Last year we saw cricketer Mark Ramprakash dance his way to success but who will lift the trophy in 2007?

Over the next three months, 14 celebrities will battle it out on the dance floor. They've been training intensely for weeks and tonight the male celebrities take to the floor.

Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly introduce the couples to us:

Eastenders star Matt Di Angelo & Flavia Cacace
Star of stage and screen Stephanie Beacham & Vincent Simone
Actor Brian Capron & Karen Hardy
GM TV News Presenter Kate Garraway & Anton du Beke
Television presenter Dominic Littlewood & Lilia Kopylova
Actress Kelly Brook & Brendan Cole
Snooker Legend Willie Thorne & Erin Boag
Actress Letitia Dean & Darren Bennett
Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones & Camilla Dallerup
Singer Alesha Dixon & Matthew Cutler
Rugby star Kenny Logan & Ola Jordan
TV sports presenter Gabby Logan & James Jordan
Football Legend John Barnes & Nicole Cutler
Model & photographer Penny Lancaster & Ian Waite

Tonight the males will battle it out with either a Cha Cha Cha or a waltz.

First up tonight is Matt Di Angelo

Matt Di Angelo & Flavia Cacace: Cha Cha Cha
Mama Told Me Not to Come
0901 121 30 01
Craig Revel Horwood 5
Arlene Phillips 6
Len Goodman 6
Bruno Tonioli 6
TOTAL: 23

Brian Capron & Karen Hardy: Waltz
0901 121 30 02
Craig Revel Horwood 4
Arlene Phillips 4
Len Goodman 5
Bruno Tonioli 5
TOTAL: 18

Dominic Littlewood & Lilia Kopylova: Cha Cha Cha
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
0901 121 30 03
Craig Revel Horwood 6
Arlene Phillips 6
Len Goodman 7
Bruno Tonioli 6
TOTAL: 25

Willie Thorne & Erin Boag: Waltz
Run To You
0901 121 30 04
Craig Revel Horwood 5
Arlene Phillips 5
Len Goodman 7
Bruno Tonioli 7
TOTAL: 24

Gethin Jones & Camilla Dallerup: Cha Cha Cha
I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
0901 121 30 05
Craig Revel Horwood 4
Arlene Phillips 5
Len Goodman 7
Bruno Tonioli 6
TOTAL: 22

Kenny Logan & Ola Jordan: Waltz
Are You Lonesome Tonight
0901 121 30 06
Craig Revel Horwood 4
Arlene Phillips 5
Len Goodman 6
Bruno Tonioli 6
TOTAL: 21

John Barnes & Nicole Cutler: Cha Cha Cha
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
0901 121 30 07
Craig Revel Horwood 6
Arlene Phillips 6
Len Goodman 7
Bruno Tonioli 7
TOTAL: 26

The standings and points after tonights dances:

7: John & Nicole: 26
6: Dominic & Lilia: 25
5: Willie & Erin: 24
4: Matt & Flavia: 23
3: Gethin & Camilla: 22
2: Kenny & Ola: 21
1: Brian & Karen: 18

The dance off is tomorrow night at 6:45pm where one of the couples will be dismissed and sent home.

The female celebrities and their dance partners dance as a group to I Just Want To Make Love to You and Grace Kelly.

Bruce Forsyth thinks that after seeing that, next week is going to be fantastic. Len thinks that if that is the standard then it will be hello girls and bye bye boys.

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