Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Week 5 songs and dances revealed

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18 Oct 2023, 08:41

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The remaining 12 couples on Strictly Come Dancing are heading back to the dance floor with a rather eclectic mix of routines for week 5. 

During last week’s tense ballroom battle, Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin returned to the top of the leaderboard after a stunning routine to Million Dollar Bill by Whitney Houston. 

Last week’s champ and member of the Virgin Radio family, Angela Scanlon slipped all the way down to 10th place. Having danced the Viennese Waltz with her professional partner Carlos Gu, she later sent our own Graham Norton an exclusive voice-note, saying: “Honestly, this dance for me was a real challenge. It's very inward looking, and very intimate and gentle, and those are not necessarily words that I would use to describe myself.”

Whilst Angela dropped down the rankings, she avoided the dance-off, which was between Jody Cundy and Eddie Kadi, with the paralympian eventually being sent home.

The celebs will hope to avoid that dreaded dance-off and aiming for 10s all round with the following routines for week five. 

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 Week 5 routines: 

  • Adam and Luba: Couple’s Choice to Backstreet Boys Medley by Backstreet Boys

  • Amanda and Giovanni: Cha Cha to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai

  • Annabel and Johannes: Charleston to Ladies Night by Kool & The Gang

  • Angela R and Kai: Argentine Tango to Tanguera by Sexteto Mayor

  • Angela S and Carlos: American Smooth to Cherish by Madonna

  • Bobby and Dianne: Viennese Waltz to golden hour by JVKE

  • Eddie and Karen: Samba to Calm Down by Rema ft. Selena Gomez

  • Ellie and Vito: Paso Doble to Insomnia by Faithless

  • Krishnan and Lauren: Quickstep to The Lady Is A Tramp by Frank Sinatra

  • Layton and Nikita: Salsa to Quimbara by Johnny Pacheco and Celia Cruz

  • Nigel and Katya: Foxtrot to I Just Want To Make Love To You by Etta James

  • Zara and Graziano: American Smooth to Can’t Fight The Moonlight by LeAnn Rimes

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 continues on Saturday (21st October) at 6:35pm. The week 5 results show will air on Sunday (22nd October) at 7:15pm. 

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