Strictly week 2 songs and dances hand 'advantage' to Will Mellor as fans predict high score

Strictly Come Dancing fans are predicting that Will Mellor will light up the dancefloor and the leaderboard once again, in light of the songs and dances for this week's live show being revealed and him doing a Latin number for the second week in a row.

It's tradition for Strictly bosses to release the songs and chances for each live show days ahead of cameras rolling and, after millions of viewers tuned into last Saturday's first live broadcast, anticipation is now high for what's to come next from this year's Strictly line-up.

After the launch of the new series was delayed in the aftermath of the Queen's death, viewers finally got to find out the Strictly couple for 2022 and the celeb and pro dancer partnerships were revealed in a series of videos teased by host Tess Daly. The unveiling came just 24 hours before cameras rolled on the first live show as the judges gave out scores for the first time this year.

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Former Hollyoaks and Two Pints of Lager actor Will couldn't have asked for a better start to his Strictly journey and that was in no small part to his own fancy footwork as he and pro partner Nancy Xu wowed everyone with their jive to Ricky Martin's Livin' La Vida Loca . Will and Nancy got one of the highest week one scores in Strictly history, receiving a huge 34 out of 40 from the judges.

And, after this week's songs and dances were revealed on Tuesday evening, many fans reacted with excitement to finding out that Will and Nancy will be dancing a salsa to Luther Vandross classic. While many of his rovals are having a switch in tempo compared to last week, the routine should play to Will's strengths. Reacting to the song and dance on Twitter, one fan posted: "NEVER TOO MUCH THANK YOU STRICTLY GODS."

A second tweeted: "Will is already doing some cracking salsa moves here. I'm excited to see it. He's such a powerhouse," with a third, thinking the same thing, replying: " @Mellor76 doing Luther Vandross oh be still my beating heart I LOVE that song...never too much, never too much in my opinion."

Strictly week 2 songs and dances

Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe - Paso Doble - Les Toreadors, Georges Bizet

Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima - Viennese Waltz - Runaway, The Corrs

Matt Goss and Nadiya Bychkova - Samba - Night Fever, Bee Gees

Tony Adams and Katya Jones - Charleston - My Old Man's A Dustman, Foster & Allen

Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice - Quickstep - Dancin' Fool, Barry Manilow

Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal - Jive - Blinding Lights, The Weeknd

Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez - Cha Cha - Rain On Me, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande

Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer - Tango - Rumour Has It, Adele

Will Mellor and Nancy Xu - Salsa - Never Too Much, Luther Vandross

Tyler West and Dianne Buswell - Jive - Hit The Road Jack, Buster Poindexter

Molly Rainsford and Carlos Gu - Quickstep - Love on Top, Beyonce

Ellie Simmonds and Nikita Kuzmin - Waltz - Can't Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley

Fleur East and Vito Coppola - Viennese Waltz - Glimpse Of Us, Joji

Kaye Adams and Kai Widdrington - Charleston - Music! Music! Music!, Dorothy Provine

James Bye and Amy Dowden - Tango - Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran

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