Melanie C and the Strictly Come Dancing professionals work up a sweat and Babydoll takes over the ballroom in Week 5's Results Show

The sportiest Spice Girl joins the pros for a fitness-based routine

Published: 07:10 pm, 23 October 2026
Left - Melanie C stands amid the pro dancers with her arms raised. Right - Three pro dancers jump through skipping ropes as they perform on the ballroom floor.
(Images: BBC/Guy Levy)

Strictly Come Dancing's professional dancers swing it and shake it with Melanie C in the Week 5 Results Show (on BBC One and iPlayer from 7.10pm on Sunday 18 October) as things get spicy in the ballroom this weekend.

A woman in hot pink crop top and black shorts stretches two large resistance bands held by pro dancers on the ballroom floor
Four people on spinning bikes with large glitterball shaped bases perform on the Strictly ballroom floor

The Northern Star joins the pros for a fitness-based routine that promises high energy, treadmills and skipping ropes galore.

Three pro dancers jump through skipping ropes as they perform on the ballroom floor.
A male pro dancer in a tracksuit lifts a female professional above his head as dancers on spinning bikes and treadmills perform in the background
A woman in a pink crop top and black shorts raises her arms above her head as she prepares to be lifted by the Stirctly pro dancers

And it’s all set to the tune of Spacedust's Gym and Tonic, Meghan Trainor's Shimmer, and Melanie C's own track, Sweat – which is performed in the studio by the sportiest Spice Girl herself.

Want to find out more about how the routine came together?

A woman in a pink top and black shirts stands at the centre of the ballroom floor, surrounded by professional dancers in workout wear

Strictly – It Tales Two caught up with Melanie C and the pros in a behind-the-scenes feature, filmed last month. You can watch it on BBC iPlayer now.

From Sporty to Babydoll, Jamie Miller is in the ballroom on Sunday for the UK television debut performance of Babydoll feat. Antonio Cipriano. The pair will perform the song – and the viral dance – alongside four of the Strictly Pros.

But before all that, there’s some dancing to do. Delta Goodrem returns from a week off due to injury to join her fellow Strictly stars in the ballroom on Saturday night (on BBC One and iPlayer from 6.30pm) as they take to the floor in the hopes of impressing the judges and the audience at home.

As revealed on It Takes Two throughout the week, here's what our remaining couples will be dancing to:

  • Bethany Antonia & Nancy Xu - Argentine Tango - All The Things She Said by Harrison
  • Dani Dyer & Nikita Kuzmin - Salsa - DESPECHÁ by ROSALÍA 
  • Delta Goodrem and Kai Widdrington - Rumba - It's All Coming Back To Me Now by Celine Dion
  • Jaime Winstone & Carlos Gu - Foxtrot - Man I Need by Olivia Dean
  • Lacey Turner & Vito Coppola - Tango - Atomic by Blondie
  • Tabby Stoecker & Mark Karmalita - Couple's Choice - stupid song by Olivia Rodrigo
  • Cach Mercer & Maddie Ingoldsby - Cha Cha - Beggin'by Måneskin
  • Graeme Hall & Lauren Oakley - Tango - Hernando's Hideaway by The Johnston Brothers
  • John Nellis & Katya Jones - Quickstep - Five Colours in Her Hair by McFly
  • Lawrence Robb & Jowita Przystał - Jive - The Rockafeller Skank by Fatboy Slim
  • Shaun Wright-Phillips & Alexis Warr - Jive - Faith by Stevie Wonder ft. Ariana Grande
  • Will Best & Dianne Buswell - Cha Cha - Daddy by Della Reese

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