The BBC has announced that stage and screen star Cynthia Erivo (Wicked, The Color Purple) is returning to Strictly Come Dancing.
The star of blockbuster movies Wicked and forthcoming Wicked: For Good, is back on the show for this year’s Movie Week.
She will be the show’s first ever Guest Mentor, helping the 14 remaining Strictly contestants to unleash their inner movie star, coaching them through rehearsals and into the studio on Saturday night.
On the big Movie Week night, on Saturday 11 October 2025, Cynthia will sit alongside the judges; and at Sunday’s Movie Week results show, Cynthia will also watch the Strictly Professionals perform a Wicked-themed dance, to As Long As You’re Mine.
Cynthia performs As Long As You’re Mine as Elphaba in new Wicked movie Wicked For Good, which is out in cinemas on 21 November 2025.
Cynthia was a Guest Judge on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 for two weeks, covering for Craig and Motsi.
Cynthia is also returning to the West End stage next year, starring in Kip Williams’ new adaptation of Dracula, in a one-person show at the Noel Coward Theatre from 4 February 2026.
Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin
West End star Amber Davies joined Strictly Come Dancing last week, replacing Dani Dyer who had to pull out of the entertainment show with a broken ankle.
Amber is dancing with Nikita Kuzmin in the show.
This week’s dance styles have also been revealed for the Saturday 4 October show, with Amber and Nikita dancing the Samba to Bam Bam by Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran.
Amber Davies (The Great Gatsby, Back to the Future) was recently named the star of a new UK and Ireland tour of Legally Blonde.
Nikita announced this week that he is set to star in a major new dance show Burn the Floor: Supernova, touring the UK next summer.
The new Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour, featuring judges from the show and celebrity contestants, is now on sale, for its February 2025 run.
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