Sir Ian McKellen makes a special Strictly Come Dancing cameo for Halloween Week results show group dance

Things get spooky in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom this weekend, as the Professionals perform a Halloween group routine on Sunday night's results show (on iPlayer and BBC One from 7.10pm) to Dracula by Tame Impala.

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Opening at a drive-in movie theatre where Alexis Warr and Nikita Kuzmin are on a first date, things take a terrifying turn when it’s revealed Nikita is a vampire!

The devilish dance soon descends into the depths of hell, as the rest of the Strictly Professionals join Alexis and Nikita for a tango-styled group routine that will make this a Halloween to remember on Strictly Come Dancing.

The dance will also feature a vocal cameo from Sir Ian McKellen, who has specially recorded an extract from Bram Stoker’s Dracula to be heard at the routine’s climax.

Want to see how it all came together? Go behind the scenes of the spooktacular group number with It Takes Two.

Sunday night’s results show will also feature music from Becky Hill, plus Strictly’s first ever dance off featuring three couples - where one pair will be sent home from the competition by the Strictly judges, voting to eliminate rather than save. 

But before all that, our remaining couples will take to the floor with a night of tricks and treats in store in our haunted ballroom from 6.30pm on Saturday.

As revealed across the week on Strictly - It Takes Two, here's what they'll be dancing to:

• Bethany Antonia & Nancy Xu - Jive - I’m In Love With a Monster by Fifth Harmony
• Dani Dyer & Nikita Kuzmin - Viennese Waltz - My Favourite Things by Rogers & Hammerstein
• Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington - Viennese Waltz - Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers
• Jaime Winstone & Carlos Gu - Salsa - Filthy / Gorgeous by Scissor Sisters
• Lacey Turner & Vito Coppola - Charleston - Crazy Stupid Love by Cheryl and Tinie Tempah
• Tabby Stoecker & Mark Karmalita - Quickstep - Black Magic by Little Mix
• Cach Mercer & Maddie Ingoldsby - Argentine Tango - Pas De Deux by Michael Abels
• Graeme Hall & Lauren Oakley - Samba - Coconut by Harry Nilsson
• John Nellis & Katya Jones - Tango - DANCE… by Slayyyter
• Lawrence Robb & Jowita Przystał - Tango - Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
• Will Best & Dianne Buswell - Couple’s Choice - Nu Flow by Big Brovaz

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