Strictly viewers predict Layton Williams will make HISTORY amid ‘fix’ row while Les Dennis fails to impress as the stars take to the dance floor for the very first time
Strictly Come Dancing viewers have already tipped who they think will win the new series after the glitzy BBC competition strutted back onto screens on Saturday.
The launch episode saw the celebs meeting their partners before taking to the dance floor for the first time in a disco themed group routine.
And fans predicted Layton Williams would make history by becoming the show’s first ever winning same-sex pairing alongside pro Nikita Kuzmin.
It comes despite the show facing a ‘fix’ row after fans claimed the actor had an unfair advance following his West End appearances and Stage School training.
Following the perfomance viewers took to Twitter in their droves with one writing: ‘Same gender couple gonna win it this year I can feel it in my bones!!!!!’.
Impressive: Strictly Come Dancing viewers have already tipped who they think will win the new series after the glitzy BBC competition strutted back onto screens on Saturday (L-R Layton Williams pictured with pro partner Nikita Kuzmin)
Dancing shows: The launch episode saw the celebs meeting their partners before taking to the dance floor for the first time in a disco themed group routine (Les Dennis pictured with pro partner Nancy Xu)
A second said: ‘I’ve already chosen who I think will win! That Leyton chap… mind you… it helps he’s already a dancer’.
A third wrote: ‘From the dance by all, Layton and Nikita stood out’.
And: ‘Yeah Layton Williams is gonna win this’.
With someone else branding his performance: ‘Winner vibes’.
Another fan wrote: ‘That was brilliant! Layton is fabulous by the way’.
And: ‘Yep, after that opening routine I am putting my money on Layton and Nikita’.
Meanwhile on the other end of the scale Les Dennis, 69, failed to impress while others said it was too early to rule him out.
One fan said: ‘I fear Les Dennis is the runt of the litter’.
Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Who are the couples?
Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice
Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima
Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystał
Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lauren Oakley
Angela Rippon and Kai Widdrington
Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin
Nigel Harman and Katya Jones
Eddie Kadi and Karen Hauer
Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell
Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe
Elle Leach and Vito Coppola
Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk
Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu
Nikita Kanda and Gorka Márquez
Les Dennis and Nancy Xu
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