This weekend stage and screen star Rachel Zegler took to the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor to sing a song from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical EVITA.

The West Side Story and Snow White star was promoting the new Evita London cast recording, which was released on Friday.

The 10 -track album includes Rachel Zegler’s iconic performance of “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” sung live from the balcony of The London Palladium.

Rachel recreated that performance on Sunday (26 October 2025) on Strictly Come Dancing’s results show, accompanying professional dancers Luba Mushtuk and Nikita Kuzmin. Watch the episode now on BBC iPlayer.

Video: Rachel Zegler on Strictly Come Dancing

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Running from June to September 2025 at the London Palladium, EVITA dominated the West End – and London – as Rachel Zegler gave audiences the most-talked about performance of the summer. Huge crowds gathered outside the Palladium each night to watch Rachel Zegler perform “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” on the balcony of the theatre.

EVITA starred Rachel Zegler, making her award-winning West End debut as Eva Perón, alongside Diego Andres Rodriguez (Sunset Boulevard) as Che, James Olivas (American Idiot) as Juan Perón, Aaron Lee Lambert (Hamilton) as Agustín Magaldi and Bella Brown (Hadestown) as The Mistress / Alternate Eva.

Rachel Zegler performs a song from Evita on Strictly Come Dancing. Photo (c) BBC / Guy Levy
Rachel Zegler performs a song from Evita on Strictly Come Dancing. Photo (c) BBC / Guy Levy
Rachel Zegler performs Don't Cry For Me Argentina from Evita on Strictly Come Dancing (Photo BBC / Guy Levy)

Rachel Zegler performs Don’t Cry For Me Argentina from Evita on Strictly Come Dancing (Photo BBC / Guy Levy)

Also this weekend to promote the album, Rachel Zegler appeared on The Graham Norton Show on 24 October 2025, alongside guests including Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, who is set to appear on stage in the West End next month, starring in All My Sons.

Rachel Zegler in The Last Five Years

Also announced today, Rachel Zegler and Broadway star Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) are set to star together in a major new 25th anniversary concert production of The Last Five Years at the London Palladium. Taking place between 24 and 29 March 2026, the concert will be conducted and directed by the show’s composer, Jason Robert Brown.

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Main photo: Rachel Zegler performs a song from Evita on Strictly Come Dancing. Photo (c) BBC / Guy Levy

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