Kai Widdrington will dress as Gru, the grouchy former supervillain and protagonist of the film series, while the other professionals don yellow bodysuits to mimic the tiny henchmen. This year’s movie week will see Welsh dancer Amy Dowden and JLS member JB Gill dance the American smooth to the song Pure Imagination from Wonka while comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell jive to the Wayne’s World Theme. Speaking about the performance, McCausland, the show’s first blind contestant, said: “We are hoping to incorporate a lot of the feel and comedy of the film into our dance.
“We’re hoping to get away with a few easter eggs for people of a certain age to recognise.” Elsewhere, Olympian Montell Douglas will tango with Johannes Radebe to One Night Only from Dreamgirls with Morning Live’s Dr Punam Krishan and Gorka Marquez performing their couple’s choice to Bole Chudiyan from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Former hockey player Sam Queck and Nikita Kuzmin will perform the paso doble to Elevation from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider while Miranda star Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola Viennese waltz to Hedwig’s Theme from the Harry Potter series.
Singer Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones will samba to Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid with Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec performing a rumba to What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish from the Barbie movie. Ghouri said of the performance: “I’m going to channel my inner Marilyn Monroe, she’s such a st.