Strictly Come Dancing 2024 pro line-up in full as first BBC live show looms

So Strictly Come Dancing is back which means that, as well as a new batch of celebs strutting their stuff in the ballroom, there will be plenty of pro dancers there too, with them all in action on Saturday's first live show.

As Strictly's popularity has grown and grown since the show's launch in 2004, the pros who take part have become just as famous as the stars they're dancing with, with them having their own tour every year, as well as legions of followers on social media.

Strictly has found itself under a bit of a cloud this year, after the scandal surrounding Giovanni Pernice and Amanda Abbington, with the actress making 'bullying' accusations against the former champion, having danced with him last year and quit the show mid series.. Giovanni, who won with Rose Ayling-Ellis in 2021, having already been in the final four times before, is the most obvious absentee from the list of pros this year, as another former winner, Aljaz Škorjanec makes a shock return.

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The new series of Strictly goy going with the launch show on Saturday, September 14 and as of this year's couples perform for the judges for the first time on September 21, here are the pros you can expect to see on screen:

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 pro line-up

Vito Coppola

Amy Dowden

Kai Widdrington

Gorka Marquez

Dianne Buswell

Johannes Radebe

Aljaz Škorjanec

Karen Hauer

Katya Jones

Jowita Przystal

Carlos Gu

Nikita Kusmin

Nancy Xu

Neil Jones

Lasuren Oakley

Luba Mushtuk

Michelle Tsiakkas

Nadiya Bychkova