Meet the Strictly Come Dancing 2021 pairings including all-male partnership John Whaite and Johannes Radebe

Katie McGlynn found herself competing in her first dance-off on Strictly Come Dancing with her professional dance partner Gorka Marquez against Nina Wadia and pro Neil Jones last weekend. Since EastEnders icon Nina became the first celebrity to leave the 2021 series, a source has told OK! Katie, 28, "wasn't happy" to be in the first dance-off.

Gemma Atkinson has shared a super sweet video of her daughter Mia watching her dad Gorka Márquez on Strictly Come Dancing.Taking to her Instagram Stories, Gemma shared a series of clips of Mia, two, transfixed by the TV as she watched her professional dancer father perform a routine. "That's Gorka," Mia tells Gemma as she turns around on her blush pink velvet chair.

Strictly Come Dancing has already got us hooked from the first live show. Saturday's extravaganza includedRose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice's sensational jive – what was Shirley thinking whipping out the four paddle? – and John Waite making history as he took to the floor with Johannes Radebe.

Strictly Come Dancing’s live shows returning to dominate the Saturday-night schedules. John Whaite made history on Strictly Come DancingAfter last weekend’s launch show, the 19th contest of the BBC ballroom behemoth got underway in earnest as our 15 newly formed pro-celebrity couples performed their first full routines.

Last year, Strictly Come Dancing saw its first same-sex couple, Nicola Adams and Katya Jones, take to the dancefloor.

Strictly Come Dancing's first ever all-male same sex couple John Whaite and Johannes Radebe sent the professional dancers, show audience and judges into a massive round of applause after their hugely successful first dance during Saturday night's show. While the entire studio were overwhelmed by the power and technique delivered in the performance, head judge Shirley Ballas also labelled it a "testimony to the same sex couple".

Strictly Come Dancing star Johannes Radebe has shared a glimpse inside his stunning London apartment.The professional dancer, 34, who has made history on the BBC show in his same-sex male pairing with Great British Bake Off star John Whaite, has shared a collection of snaps of his modern pad to his 244,000 Instagram followers.

READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing 2021 line up: Who is chef Tilly Ramsay? The likes of Greg Wise, AJ Odudu, Tom Fletcher and Adam Peaty will appear on our screens as well as plenty of others. One contestant who will be lacing up his dance shoes is Bake Off winner John Whaite who will be in the first all male pairing with Johannes Radebe.

Strictly Come Dancing returned to our screens last weekend with a glitzy launch show that saw the new batch of celebrity contestants — including McFly star Tom Fletcher and Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty — get paired up with their pro partners. The couples will take to the Strictly ballroom to perform their first dances this weekend, with everything from a lively Samba to a classic American Smooth on the agenda for this season’s first live show.

A third Strictly professional dancer has reportedly refused to take the Covid vaccine, which is said to have created an atmosphere of fear and worry. It was initially alleged that two dancers had refused the jab ahead of the launch on Saturday evening, which left some celebrities cautious about being paired with them.

Read more: Strictly Come Dancing first male couple named as John Whaite and Johannes Radebe There are multiple star studded celebs and Olympian Adam Peaty is in the selection. But how did he get where he is today? Early life Adam Peaty is 26 years old with his birthday on 28 December 1994.