Setting the tone for the rest of the show, frontrunner and ex-JLS member Aston Merrygold impressed judges and audiences alike with a neon festival-themed salsa.
There’s no murder, but the drama is certainly high on the dancefloor already, as the voting opens for the series tonight.
Ever likeable but with perhaps too much attack this week, Holby City actor Joe McFadden danced an Ed Sheeran-narrated tango with partner Katya Jones.
Only a week after this year’s celebrities dusted off their sequins for the very first time, the stakes are rising at a breathless pace in Strictly Come Dancing. Week two saw standing ovations and dance disasters peppered throughout the evening’s performances.