Alan Cumming to make surprise Strictly Come Dancing appearance as week eight dances revealed
Scottish actor Alan Cumming is joining Strictly Come Dancing for a surprise appearance this weekend as the remaining celebrities prepare for another elimination.
Scottish actor Alan Cumming is making a surprise appearance on Strictly Come Dancing this weekend, but he won't be putting on his dancing shoes.
The 61-year-old star will instead lend his voice to a fantasy-themed group routine during Sunday's results show, as the BBC competition enters its eighth week.
Cumming will be heard reading a passage inspired by the booming romantasy genre, which mixes romance with fantasy, to introduce a performance featuring Strictly's professional dancers.
Set to a slowed-down version of Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head, the routine begins with Vito Coppola reading a novel at a bus stop.
The story then springs to life, with fellow professional Carlos Gu playing its central character and transporting Coppola into a magical world of faeries.
But before Sunday's fantasy escape, the remaining celebrity contestants face another crucial night on the dancefloor.
Former Love Island star Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin will perform a paso doble to Lorde's cover of Everybody Wants To Rule The World, originally recorded by Tears For Fears.
EastEnders actress Lacey Turner and Coppola will tackle a foxtrot to Robbie Williams' Have You Met Miss Jones?, while Australian singer Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington will perform an Argentine tango to Missing by Everything But The Girl.
Actress Jaime Winstone returns after missing last week's show with a torn abdominal muscle. She will dance a Charleston with Gu to Catherine Zeta-Jones' I Can't Do It Alone.
Fellow Love Island contestant Cach Mercer and Maddie Ingoldsby will also perform a Charleston, this time to The Jacksons' Blame It On The Boogie.
Social media star John Nellis and Katya Jones have a jive to Pump It by Black Eyed Peas, while Olympian Tabby Stoecker and Mark Karmalita will dance a Viennese waltz to Avril Lavigne's I'm With You.
Dog trainer Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley will attempt a quickstep to the Happy Days theme, while Big Brother presenter Will Best and Dianne Buswell take on a paso doble to Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy.
Sunday's results show will also feature a musical performance from Celebrity Traitors winner Sebastian "Bash" Croft, accompanied by Strictly's professional dancers.
Two celebrity couples will then battle for survival in the dreaded dance-off, with another contestant sent home.
Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturday, November 14, at 6.25pm, with the results show on Sunday, November 15, at 7.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.