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Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Everything you need to know

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The celebs and their pro partners strutted their stuff in the opening show!

It's time to dust off your dancing shoes and get your glitter at the ready because Strictly's back!

The famous glitterball trophy is up for grabs once again as the new series of everyone's favourite dancing show has returned.

The famous faces, judges and professional dancers have all been revealed for the 21st series and it's looking like a floor-filler of a show with

Let's take a look at the new contestants hoping to follow in the footsteps of last year's Strictly champions, Hamza and Jowita.

Who's taking part?

If you can't see the quiz click here.

Who are the Strictly judges?

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It's the judges who decide who stays and who goes in the show, and dish out the marks to the celebs and their pro partners.

Latin supremo Shirley Ballas returns as head judge, joined by Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.

Who are Strictly 2023's professional dancers?

Saturday's programme will see the new celebrities find out which professional dancer they'll be partnered with.

Among the incredible dancers for the 2023 Strictly series are:

Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Giovanni Pernice, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola.