Video: Which couples will dance in Week 1?

Last year's champion professional dancer, Camilla Dallerup, hosts the draw selection for the eight couples who will dance on the weekend of Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September 2009.

Following the random draw, the following eight couples will now dance in Week 1 of Strictly Come Dancing:

• Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna

• Lynda Bellingham & Darren Bennett

• Joe Calzaghe & Kristina Rihanoff

• Ricky Groves & Erin Boag

• Martina Hingis & Matthew Cutler

• Chris Hollins & Ola Jordan

• Jade Johnson & Ian Waite

• Rav Wilding & Aliona Vilani

Friday 18th September will be Ballroom night, where the first eight of the celebrity contestants and their professional partners will be put through their paces dancing either a waltz or a tango.

Saturday 19th September will be Latin night where things will hot-up even more as the same couples perform a cha-cha or a rumba. At the end of the Saturday show, one of the above eight couples will be eliminated and will leave the show for good.

In the second week of Strictly Come Dancing 2009, the remaining eight couples will participate. Again, there will be two shows, on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September, and this second group of eight couples will perform a Ballroom dance on one night and a Latin dance on the other.

• Natalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone

• Richard Dunwoody & Lilia Kopylova

• Craig Kelly & Flavia Cacace

• Zoe Lucker & James Jordan

• Laila Rouass & Anton du Beke

• Phil Tufnell & Katya Virshilas

• Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe

• Jo Wood & Brendan Cole

Again, one couple will be eliminated during the Saturday show and will leave the contest for good.

From Week 3, Strictly Come Dancing will revert to one show per week - a bumper show on Saturday evenings (starting Saturday 3rd October). In this show, the 14 remaining couples will come together to compete against each other, and as usual, one couple per week will leave the series.