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The class of Strictly Come Dancing 2020 are ready to rhumba as they show off their sparkling makeovers in the first official portraits ahead of the start of the new series on October 17
11 out of the 12 celebrities appear in the first official photos, but there's no snap of YouTube star HRVY (real name Harvey Leigh Cantwell)
Last week the 21-year-old revealed he was isolating for 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. HRVY tested positive just days after mixing with his co-stars on the BBC show
The launch show will see each celebrity paired with their professional partner by hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman before the cast take part in a group performance

They may have had their ballroom debut delayed for several weeks thanks to COVID-19.

But the class of Strictly Come Dancing 2020 are ready to rhumba as they show off their sparkling makeovers in the first official portraits ahead of the start of the new series on October 17.

Radio 1 star Clara Amfo and EastEnders actress Maisie Smith both look incredible in their tasselled mini dresses and Olympian Nicola Adams suits up in a sequin blazer, but there's no sign of YouTube star HRVY in the newly-released images, following his positive test for COVID-19 last week.

Completing this year's lineup are actress Caroline Quentin, comedian Bill Bailey, singer Max George, reality star Jamie Laing, former home secretary Jacqui Smith, BBC pundit and former NFL star Jason Bell, former Royal Marine and Invictus Games medallist JJ Chalmers and Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh.

The launch show will see each celebrity paired with their professional partner by hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman before the cast take part in a group performance. The live shows kick off one week later on October 24.

11 out of the 12 celebrities appear in the first official photos, but there's no snap of YouTube star HRVY (real name Harvey Leigh Cantwell).

Last week the 21-year-old revealed he was isolating for 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. HRVY tested positive just days after mixing with his co-stars on the BBC show and must remain in isolation until next Thursday.

It is understood he will still take part in the launch show depending on him getting a negative test result.

But if HRVY is not well when he finishes his isolation period next week, he will be axed from the competition.

A spokesman for the show insisted all celebrities on the show are 'tested regularly' and claimed that the positive test has had 'minimal impact on production'.

Meanwhile it will be Made In Chelsea star Jamie's second launch show as he was originally part of the 2019 cast before being forced to pull out before the first live show after injuring his leg.

Jamie has admitted that if he gets injured again this year then the infamous Strictly curse is about his foot.

'If I get injured again it would look like I bottled it!' he pointed out. 'So I really have to be careful. I'm not worried, I feel like I'm pretty fit and healthy. If something happens then the Strictly curse isn't about me sleeping with someone else, it's definitely about my foot!'

Another major change in the 2020 series is the first same-sex partnership, with boxer Nicole Adams set to be paired with a female professional.

Nicola, 37, has said that being paired with another woman, rumoured to be Katya Jones, is a 'brilliant step in the right direction, especially on the diversity side of things'.

'And women actually dance with women all the time in the professional circuit so I guess it's just showing people that it can be done'.

Revealing she approached Strictly with the idea for a same-sex pairing, Nicola explained: 'I asked the show about it. 'They wanted to know if I wanted to be on the show and I said "yeah I'll do it but I want to dance with another female dance partner.'"