Strictly professionals to wear Britney Spears-inspired looks for icons week

The Strictly Come Dancing professionals are to embody the different eras of Britney Spears’ music career as part of the show’s icons week.

Their group dance, which contains nods to music videos including Oops!… I Did It Again, will take place during Sunday night’s results show.

On Saturday, the show will pay tribute to some of the world’s biggest music stars – including Beyonce, Harry Styles and Celine Dion – when the couples take to the ballroom floor for their icon-inspired dances.

Among the other music stars being honoured are Johnny Cash, Cher, Usher, Prince, the Spice Girls, Dolly Parton and Ariana Grande.

Sunday’s performance from the professionals will see Welsh dancer Amy Dowden dressed in a pleated skirt, knee length socks and white shirt, in a nod to Spears’ look from the music video … Baby One More Time.

Also in the dance, Katya Jones wears a red latex bodysuit, mimicking the singer’s outfit from Oops!… I Did It Again, with Nancy Xu wearing a Toxic-inspired blue air-hostess outfit.

US singer Spears, 43, has a host of memorable looks, including the bejewelled top and shorts she wore while holding a yellow python during her 2001 MTV Video Music Awards performance.

Jowita Przystal will wear an outfit inspired by this, with Nadiya Bychkova paying homage to her Circus-era in sparkly black hot pants, and a ringmaster-style red and gold top.

Sunday’s results show will also see West End star Rachel Zegler perform Don’t Cry For Me Argentina from the musical Evita.

Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturday at 6.25pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The results show airs on Sunday at 7.15pm.