Live updates from Strictly Come Dancing Icons Week as Amy Dowden is changed by Lauren Oakley following backstage collapse

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Strictly Come Dancing celebrities will tonight pay homage to legendary musical artists when they take part in the inaugural Icons Week with their professional partners.

Songs by Whitney Houston, Madonna and Taylor Swift are set to accompany ballroom routines while George Michael, The Beatles and Shirley Bassey will also be heard.

Amy Dowden will miss out this week following her hospitalisation last Saturday with Lauren Oakley taking her place to perform alongside JB Gill.

Follow live coverage of Icons Week below and join in the conversation in our comments section

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Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage of the Strictly Come Dancing live show on Icons week.

Ten celebrities will take to the ballroom tonight all hoping to avoid the dreaded dance off.

Last week, the undoubted stars of the show were EastEnders’Jamie Borthwick Sarah Hadland who each scored a near faultless 38 points.

While Shayne Ward was saved by the judges as Dr Purnam Krishnan was sent packing when they faced off on Sunday.

So who will become the ‘legend’ of Icons Week and who will go home?

Stick with us to find out as we guide you through tonight’s show and join in by posting your thoughts in our comments section.

Icons Week song and dances

Can’t wait for tonight’s action?

Here’s a preview of the Icons-themed songs and dances:

  • JB Gill and Lauren Oakley — Couples Choice to Bruno Mars Medley
  • Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe — Waltz to I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
  • Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin — American Smooth to Love Story (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift
  • Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola — Cha Cha to Like A Prayer by Madonna
  • Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec — Couple’s Choice to What About Us by P!nk
  • Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell — Tango to Rock and Roll All Nite by KISS
  • Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas — Samba to Faith by George Michael
  • Pete Wicks and Jowita Pryzstal — Salsa to Another One Bites The Dust by Queen
  • Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu — Quickstep to Help! By The Beatles
  • Wynne Evans and Katya Jones — Rumba to This Is My Life by Shirley Bassey

– not necessarily in order of performance

By Niomi Harris

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has issued a special message to dance partner JB Gill as he prepared to dance without her on Saturday night.

The Welsh dancer, 34, was forced to pull out of this weekend’s show after collapsing  backstage last week, with fellow professional Lauren Oakley being drafted in as her replacement.

And hours before JLS singer JB, 37, and choreographer Lauren, 33, took to the dancefloor, Amy – who is understood to be in remission after battling breast cancer and has Crohn’s disease – wrote a heartfelt message of support for the pair on social media.

Read more below:

Week six leaderboard – which celebrities wowed the judges

Heading into Halloween week, let’s take a look at which celebrities impressed judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.

And who will be looking to surge up the leaderboard to avoid slipping into the bottom two.

  • Jamie and Michelle – 38
  • Sarah and Vito – 38
  • Tasha and Aljaz – 37
  • Montell and Johannes – 35
  • JB and Amy – 32
  • Pete and Jowita – 31
  • Shayne and Nancy – 31
  • Wynne and Katya – 31
  • Sam and Nikita – 31
  • Chris and Dianne – 26
  • Punam and Gorka – 26

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