Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu are back on Strictly Come Dancing week 3 with a Viennese Waltz to Never Tear Us Apart, and that matters because the pair survived last weekend's Dance Off before the next round was laid out in full. The Week 3 lineup now gives every couple a clear target before Saturday's live show and Sunday's results show.
Bethany Antonia and Dani Dyer
Bethany Antonia and Nancy Xu will dance an American Smooth to Love Song by Sara Bareilles, while Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin are set for a tango to Show Me Love by Robin S. Both routines sit inside a week that splits cleanly between ballroom and Latin, so the pairings now tell viewers exactly which side of the contest each couple has drawn.
Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington will salsa to a medley of Always There by Jocelyn Brown and Ain’t Nobody by Chaka Khan, and Lacey Turner with Vito Coppola will samba to Bamboléo by Gipsy Kings. Melanie Walters and Aljaž Škorjanec will do a Charleston to Ooh Ahh... Just A Little Bit by Gina G, while Dame Sarah Storey and Julian Caillon take on a Paso Doble to California Dreamin’ by Sia.
Tabby Stoecker and Cach Mercer
Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita will perform an Argentine Tango to hate that I made you love me by Ariana Grande, and Cach Mercer with Maddie Ingoldsby will tackle Couple's Choice to Beware.. The South London Lover Boy. by RAYE. That second routine stands out in the Week 3 list because it is the one non-standard pairing in the lineup, giving the show a different shape inside an otherwise traditional schedule.
Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley will jive to Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson, John Nellis and Katya Jones will cha cha to Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake, Lawrence Robb and Jowita Przystał will rumba to back to friends by Sombr, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Alexis Warr will quickstep to I'm a Believer by The Monkees, and Will Best with Dianne Buswell will waltz to With You I’m Born Again by Billy Preston and Syreeta.
Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas
On Sunday, another couple is set to be eliminated, and the results show will add a Ballroom vs Latin spectacle led by Anton Du Beke for Ballroom and Shirley Ballas for Latin. Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse also featured in last weekend's show with a routine themed around The Devil Wears Prada, which keeps the competition's production team inside the conversation even as the focus shifts to the dancers.
Strictly Come Dancing airs on One and iPlayer at 6:15pm on Saturday, with the results show following on Sunday. For viewers, the useful part is straightforward: the Week 3 pairings are now set, the comeback story belongs to Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu, and the pressure point moves to the next elimination rather than the dance list itself.
