Strictly Come Dancing 2016 week 1: The 5 best performances (plus Ed Balls)

Daisy Lowe and Aljaz Skorjanec are already fan favourites

Sunday 25 September 2016 10:18 BST

Daisy Lowe on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC)

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Strictly Come Dancing has finally returned (properly) to our TV screens, contestants taking to the dance floor on both Friday and Saturday nights.

Already, numerous favourites have emerged after sterling debuts in the ballroom, Daisy Lowe and Aljaz Skorjanec becoming the frontrunners thanks to a fantastic Waltz to Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable,” scoring the pair 32 points.

On the other end of the spectrum, former Labour MP and shadow Chancellor Ed Balls failed to impress the judges (not the public, however), scoring just 21 points for his Waltz.

Here are the five best performances from week one of Strictly according to the judges (and Ed Balls’s Waltz, of course).