Strictly Come Dancing Officially Launches

Strictly Come Dancing will be back on our screens in a matter of weeks. 

BBC officially revealed that the show will begin on the 9th September this year. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ladies who launch. <a href="https://twitter.com/TessDaly">@TessDaly</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaudiaWinkle">@ClaudiaWinkle</a> kick off a new series of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Strictly?src=hash">#Strictly</a>, on the 9th September <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCOne">@BBCOne</a> ✨ <a href="https://t.co/T30flGjE5F">pic.twitter.com/T30flGjE5F</a></p>&mdash; BBC Strictly✨ (@bbcstrictly) <a href="https://twitter.com/bbcstrictly/status/901323873815322625">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
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However, this year's contestants have officially launched the show this week on the red carpet. 

And there was a whole lotta glitter involved. 

Introducing this year's contestants. 

Mollie King

Ruth Langsford

Gemma Atkinson 

Reverand Richard Coles

Joe McFadden

Simon Rimmer

Aston Merrygold 

Susan Calman

Brian Conley

Charlotte Hawkins

Chizzy Akudolu

Debbie McGee

Alexandra Burke

Davood Ghadami

Jonnie Peacock