Zara McDermott’s first dance on Strictly Come Dancing revealed as Cha Cha Cha
The Strictly Come Dancing live shows will start on September 23.
Former Love Island star Zara McDermott will dance the Cha Cha Cha in her first Strictly Come Dancing live show, it was revealed in the launch programme.
The first show of the 21st series opened with a dramatic performance from the professional dancers to Rhythm Is A Dancer from group Snap!, before the 15 celebrity contestants began to find out who they would be training and performing with on the show.
McDermott, who has made a series of TV documentaries since appearing on the ITV dating show, was paired with Graziano Di Prima during the pre-recorded show on Saturday.
The 26-year-old said: “I think I’m probably the most nervous I’ve been in my life. I’m not a natural born performer, I’m not an extrovert, so this is the biggest challenge of my life.”
She later said Di Prima is a “family favourite” in her household and her mother Karen “screamed” when the pair facetimed her together as she was “so happy”.
Revealing her first live show dance, Di Prima said: “It is going to exotic, Latin and is the Cha Cha Cha darling,” to which McDermott said she was “excited”.
