Strictly professionals to perform Beetlejuice-inspired dance for Halloween week

The Strictly Come Dancing professionals are to execute a Beetlejuice-inspired regular for the 20th-anniversary series’ Halloween week.

On Saturday night, the remaining 11 couples volition instrumentality to the ballroom level erstwhile again, this clip dressed successful spooky attire.

During Sunday’s results show, the dancers volition showcase a routine, choreographed by Matt Flint, that sees Carlos Gu dressed arsenic the pb quality of Tim Burton’s 1988 fearfulness drama movie – and its sequel, released past month.

On the unrecorded show, comedian Chris McCausland and his spouse Dianne Buswell volition execute a samba to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees, portion JLS subordinate JB Gill and Amy Dowden foxtrot to Dancing In The Moonlight by Toploader.

Reality prima Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal volition execute a Viennesse waltz to That’s Life by Frank Sinatra, with EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas dancing the American creaseless to The Addams Family taxable song.

Also dancing is Morning Live’s Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez, who volition tango to Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics, and erstwhile hockey subordinate Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin, who volition jive to Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Speaking astir his costume for Halloween this year, Kuzmin said: “I’ve been a gherkin before. This twelvemonth I’m going to beryllium Dobby.

“I’ve got large socks for the costume.

“I’m going to beryllium driving from my location to the workplace successful the Dobby costume, truthful everyone tin look astatine maine driving and wonderment wherever Dobby is going.”

Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec volition execute a samba to I Like To Move It by Reel 2 Real, portion Miranda prima Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola effort the archetypal Argentine tango to Ready Or Not by the Fugees.

Speaking astir what terrifies her astatine Halloween, histrion Hadland said: “In my roadworthy wherever I live, Halloween is massive.

“One twelvemonth a person bought this truly elemental rubber mask. I truly didn’t like.

“It truly freaked maine out, adjacent though I knew who it was.

“I besides erstwhile went connected the Saw acquisition astatine Thorpe Park. I started crying halfway circular and my person had to resistance maine out.

“My person thought it was hilarious. It was conscionable terrifying, but my person loved it.”

Elsewhere connected the show, vocalist Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu volition showcase a paso doble to In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Edvard Grieg portion Welsh opera vocalist Wynne Evans and Katya Jones execute a salsa to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai.

British Olympian Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe are to execute a cha cha to Love Potion No 9 by the Clovers.

Strictly Come Dancing volition aerial Saturday astatine 6.25pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.