Strictly professionals to transform into Despicable Me minions for movie week

The Strictly Come Dancing professionals volition alteration into minions from the Despicable Me franchise during the show’s movie week special.

Kai Widdrington volition formal arsenic Gru, the grouchy erstwhile supervillain and protagonist of the movie series, portion the different professionals don yellowish bodysuits to mimic the tiny henchmen.

This year’s movie week volition spot Welsh dancer Amy Dowden and JLS subordinate JB Gill creation the American creaseless to the opus Pure Imagination from Wonka portion comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell jive to the Wayne’s World Theme.

Speaking astir the performance, McCausland, the show’s archetypal unsighted contestant, said: “We are hoping to incorporated a batch of the consciousness and drama of the movie into our dance.

“We’re hoping to get distant with a fewer easter eggs for radical of a definite property to recognise.”

Elsewhere, Olympian Montell Douglas volition tango with Johannes Radebe to One Night Only from Dreamgirls with Morning Live’s Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez performing their couple’s prime to Bole Chudiyan from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

Former hockey subordinate Sam Queck and Nikita Kuzmin volition execute the paso doble to Elevation from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider portion Miranda prima Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola Viennese waltz to Hedwig’s Theme from the Harry Potter series.

Singer Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones volition samba to Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid with Love Island prima Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec performing a rumba to What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish from the Barbie movie.

Ghouri said of the performance: “I’m going to transmission my interior Marilyn Monroe, she’s specified a beardown quality and, arsenic a woman, she’s idiosyncratic we look up to.

“I privation to bring that independency and brag pistillate vigor to the routine. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium amazing.”

EastEnders histrion Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas volition quickstep to I’m Still Standing by Sir Elton John from the biopic Rocketman portion erstwhile Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson and Karen Hauer volition cha cha to The Magnificent Seven theme.

Reality prima Pete Wicks and Jowita  Przystal volition samba to the George Of The Jungle taxable portion vocalist Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu Viennese waltz to If I Can Dream from Elvis.

Also performing is Welsh opera vocalist Wynne Evans and Katya Jones, who volition creation the cha cha to Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag from Mrs Doubtfire, a movie astir a antheral who disguises himself arsenic an aged pistillate housekeeper.

Speaking astir the performance, Evans said: “It’s caller boundaries, shall we say.

“It’s wholly caller for me, though I did erstwhile sing successful an opera – Venetian opera, actually.

“Years ago, they utilized to enactment men into women’s roles, truthful I’ve done that erstwhile earlier successful an opera. But we’re talking 30 years ago.

“It’s been a agelong time. A agelong clip since I had heels on. Let’s enactment it similar that.”

DIY SOS prima Nick Knowles and his creation spouse Luba Mushtuk were owed to execute the Charleston to Rain On The Roof from Paddington 2 earlier Knowles pulled retired connected Friday owed to an injury.

During Sunday’s results amusement determination volition beryllium a rom-com themed creation positive a show from British instrumentalist Alexis Ffrench, accompanied by immoderate of the professionals.

Last play Olympian Tom Dean and his creation spouse Nadiya Bychkova became the archetypal brace to permission the competition.

Strictly Come Dancing airs connected BBC One, Saturday astatine 6.25pm.