First Look: It's the Strictly Come Dancing 2017 couples

Strictly Come Dancing 2017 kicks off its first official show this Saturday after the series-opening bonanza on the 9th of September which saw the celebs matched with their professional dance partners.

They will take to the dance floor together for the first time this weekend following a fortnight of practice. In case you need reminding of who the 15 celebrities are taking part, they are:

Holby City star Chizzy Akudolu, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks alumnus Gemma Atkinson, 2008 X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, TV and radio comedy star Susan Calman, Radio 4 broadcaster Rev Richard Coles, TV presenter Brian Conley, EastEnders' Davood Ghadami (Kush Kazemi), Good Morning Britain's Charlotte Hawkins and The Saturdays' singer Mollie King.

Strictly Come Dancing 2017: Here's how you know all the celebs taking part

Phew! There's more - This Morning's Ruth Langsford, Holby City actor Joe McFadden, JLS's Aston Merrygold, Paralympian Jonnie Peacock, TV chef Simon Rimmer, and Debbie McGee, whose late husband and performing partner Paul Daniels previously took to the dance floor in 2010.

Take a look at them all below in their first pictures together.

Alexandra Burke and Gorka Marquez

Rev Richard Coles and Dianne Buswell

Joe McFadden and Katya Jones

Ruth Langsford and Anton Du Beke

Mollie King and AJ Pritchard

Davood Ghadami and Nadiya Bychkova

Susan Calman and Kevin Clifton

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Chizzy Akudolu and Pasha Kovalev

Jonnie Peacock and Oti Mabuse

Simon Rimmer and Karen Clifton

Gemma Atkinson and Aljaz Skorjanec

Debbie McGee and Giovanni Pernice

Charlotte Hawkins and Brendan Cole

Brian Conley and Amy Dowden

Aston Merrygold and Janette Manrara

And if you're curious what they will all be dancing to, you can find out below:

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