All the scores as they happened.

By Grace Henry

Published: Saturday, 23 September 2023 at 19:34 PM

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After much anticipation, Strictly Come Dancing is officially back for another year, with 15 celebs competing for the Glitterball for season 21.

Adam Thomas kicked things off, opening the show with his high energy Cha Cha, which went down a treat with the studio audience and his fellow contestants.

There were highs (Angela Rippon’s splits) and not-so-highs (Les Dennis‘ score), but everyone in the Strictly 2023 line-up really did give their all for the first live show.

EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier brought a tear to dad Jeff Brazier’s eye with his adorable Foxtrot, Layton Williams dazzled the judges with an extremely sassy Samba with his professional partner Nikita Kuzmin and Nigel Harman and Katya Jones topped the leaderboard with a massive 32 points from the judges.

Luckily for the celebs, no one goes home in Week 1, although professional Giovanni Pernice wishes that someone was being eliminated, telling RadioTimes.com: “It’s a shame that this week there is no elimination, because I wanted somebody to go home.”

Despite Giovanni’s eagerness to get on with whittling down the competition, the scores from Week 1 will instead be combined with the Week 2 scores, after which the public will get to vote for their favourite celeb based on both dances.

The votes will be revealed on Sunday 1st October, and the two celebs with the fewest votes will find themselves in the dance off.

Both will perform for a second time and the judges will have to decide who to keep in the competition, while the other contestant will be sent packing.

But if you want to remind yourself of all the scores from Week 1, read on.

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 leaderboard – Week 1

1. Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk (4+5+5+5) = 19
2. Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu (6+6+5+6) = 23
3. Eddie Kadi and Karen Hauer (4+6+6+6) = 22
4. Angela Rippon and Kai Widdrington (7+7+7+7) = 28
5. Nikita Kanda and Gorka Marquez (3+5+5+5) = 18
6. Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin (7+8+7+7) = 29
7. Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima (3+6+5+5) = 19
8. Les Dennis and Nancy Xu (2+4+5+5) = 16
9. Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola (7+8+7+7) = 29
10. Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystal (5+5+6+5) = 21
11. Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell (6+7+8+8) = 29
12. Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe (7+7+7+7) = 28
13. Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice (7+7+8+7 = 29
14. Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lauren Oakley (5+6+6+5) = 22
15. Nigel Harman and Katya Jones (8+8+8+8) = 32