Strictly semi final routine reveal: Who's dancing what as the couples take on two routines

Strictly Come Dancing's semi final sees the 2023 couples take on two routines each for the first time this series as they close in on the Glitterball Trophy.

After last week saw Nigel Harman drop out of the contest just hours before the live show with a broken rib, there was no elimination - meaning all of the couples who performed in the quarter final will be back on Saturday for the semi final.

The packed schedule sees each of the four couples put in two performances this weekend, and their scores from the last live show will also be carried over.

Strictly 2023 semi final routines

• Annabel and Johannes: Salsa to You’ll Be Mine (Party Time) by Gloria Estefan and Viennese Waltz Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by Slow Moving Millie

• Bobby and Dianne: Quickstep to Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin and Paso Doble to Run Boy Run by Woodkid

• Ellie and Vito: Couple’s Choice to Dua Lipa Medley and Cha Cha to Mambo Italiano by Bette Midler

• Layton and Nikita: Charleston to Fit As A Fiddle by Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor and Rumba to Lift Me Up by Rihanna

Last weekend, actor Layton Williams and his partner Nikita Kuzmin finally achieved a perfect 40, but can they put in a repeat performance on Saturday?

They will dance a Charleston to Fit As A Fiddle by Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor, before changing things up with a Rumba to Rihanna's Lift Me Up.

Ex Coronation Street star Ellie Leach and her partner Vito Coppola are their nearest rivals, and this time it's their turn to dance the Couple's Choice which they'll perform to a Dua Lipa medley.

Leach and Coppola also have a Cha Cha up their sleeve, which they'll dance to Bette Midler's Mambo Italiano.

Fresh from their Dirty Dancing routine in musicals week, EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier and his partner Dianne Buswell have a busy two dances ahead of them.

They've been training for a Quickstep to Mack the Knife, as well as a Paso Doble to Run Boy Run.

Completing the line-up are tennis ace Annabel Croft and her partner Johannes Radebe, who will dance a Salsa to Gloria Estefan's You'll Be Mine (Party Time) and a Viennese Waltz to Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.

It's high stakes in the BBC One contest this week as the three couples who are not eliminated will make it through to next week's grand final.

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