Strictly Come Dancing have revealed the first songs and dances of the new series, as this year’s couples prepare to make their debut in the BBC ballroom.

On Saturday, all fifteen couples will perform for the first time in a bid to win over the judges, after the pairings were first revealed last week.

Leading this year’s pairs will be Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec, who will dance a Cha Cha to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter.

Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał are set to perform a Paso Doble to a more unlikely track – Breathe by The Prodigy.

Elsewhere, after winning over viewers with a hilarious quip about the NHS, Chris McCausland will also perform a Cha Cha to Twist and Shout by The Beatles.

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Strictly Come Dancing have revealed the first songs and dances of the new series, with Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec, set to dance a Cha Cha to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter

Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin will dance the Foxtrot to Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes, while Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas are set to perform a Viennese Waltz to Beautiful Things by Benson Boone.

Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe will also perform the Foxtrot to Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby by Dinah Washington.

Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez are set to dance a Cha Cha to Love At First Sight by Kylie Minogue, while Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola have been given the challenge of a fast-paced Quickstep to 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton.

Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones will dance the fiery Tango to Ray Of Light by Madonna, while fan-favourites JB Gill and Amy Dowden are set to perform the Waltz to When I Need You by Leo Sayer.

Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk will dance the Jive to We Built This City by Starship, and Tom Dean and Nadiya Bychkova are set to perform a Tango to Golden by Harry Styles.

In a hilarious nod to his football heyday, Paul Merson and Karen Hauer will dance the American Smooth to Vindaloo by Fat Les, and Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu are set to dance a Samba to Do I Do by Stevie Wonder.

Rounding out the lineup is Wynne Evans and Katya Jones, who are set to dance a Samba to Help Yourself by Tom Jones.

Ahead of Saturday’s live show, host Tess Daly also offered fans some insight into the dances that fans can expect.

Strictly’s week one dances

Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe – Foxtrot to Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby by Dinah Washington

Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez – Cha Cha to Love At First Sight by Kylie Minogue

Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin – Foxtrot to Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes

Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola – Quickstep to 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton

Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec – Cha Cha to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter

Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones – Tango to Ray Of Light by Madonna

Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell – Cha Cha to Twist and Shout by The Beatles

Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas – Viennese Waltz to Beautiful Things by Benson Boone

JB Gill and Amy Dowden – Waltz to When I Need You by Leo Sayer

Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk – Jive to We Built This City by Starship

Paul Merson and Karen Hauer- American Smooth to Vindaloo by Fat Les

Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał – Paso Doble to Breathe by The Prodigy

Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu – Samba to Do I Do by Stevie Wonder

Tom Dean and Nadiya Bychkova – Tango to Golden by Harry Styles

Wynne Evans and Katya Jones – Samba to Help Yourself by Tom Jones

Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał are set to perform a Paso Doble to a more unlikely track – Breathe by The Prodigy

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In a hilarious nod to his football heyday, Paul Merson and Karen Hauer will dance the American Smooth to Vindaloo by Fat Les

Sending a voicenote to husband Vernon Kay on his BBC Radio 2 Show, she said: ‘Hi Vern, the excitement is palpable in the studio today.

‘It’s really building, because all 15 celebrities are dancing live for the very first time on tomorrow night’s show.

‘Costumes are being finalised, fake tan sessions are being booked. We’ve got sambas, two sambas, and the samba’s challenging as a first dance, so that’s going to be really interesting.

‘We’ve got cha chas, and when I tell you that Paul Merson’s American Smooth is not to be missed, I promise I am not joking.

‘We just can’t wait for everyone to see all the hard work these brilliant celebrities have put in in the training room, it’s gonna be an amazing show! See you tomorrow, 7 o’clock!’

The 20th anniversary series of Strictly has been somewhat tainted after the BBC show was embroiled in scandal in a year plagued with controversy.

And the BBC failed to address the scandal during the launch episode despite the results of the misconduct investigation still pending.

It all began last October when actress Amanda Abbington unexpectedly quit the show before claiming that her partner Giovanni Pernice was abusive towards her.

The Sherlock actress has made a series of accusations about Giovanni’s teaching methods and has described his behaviour as ‘unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean’. He strongly denies all of the claims.

Giovanni, 33, was suspended while a BBC probe is underway over allegations made by Amanda and two other former celebrity partners.

He has vehemently denied the claims.

With the report into his misconduct due any day now, Amanda has reportedly been left deeply disappointed with the BBC bosses over fears they’re ‘protecting’ the dancer amid the bullying probe.

There have been high-level meetings among BBC bosses as they navigate how to deliver their findings as they fear the looming possibility of legal action from either Amanda or Giovanni if either is disappointed by the outcome.

After Giovanni, the show was hit with a fresh wave of scandal when Graziano Di Prima was sacked  in July for ‘kicking’ his partner Love Island star Zara McDermott.

Zara explained that she didn’t report the incidents at the time as she was ‘scared’ of backlash.

Instead it was junior production staff who came forward to share what they had witnessed as the investigation into pro dancer Giovanni was taking place.

Zara told her followers that while much of her time on Strictly ‘was everything I could have dreamt of’ inside the training room with Graziano there were ‘particular incidents which are incredibly distressing’.