It has been heralded as one of the most intense performance environments in the world.
Hours upon hours of hard work whittling down to one moment in the spotlight as millions of viewers tune in to watch live as athletes showcase their skill and determination, in a bid for the ultimate title.
No, it's not the Olympics. It's Strictly Come Dancing.
Over the 22 seasons that Strictly has graced our screens, a total of 16 Olympians have taken part in the competition, with one standing on top of the podium.
Take a walk down memory lane and remember our Strictly Olympians.
Season 2 (2004) - Roger Black and Denise Lewis
Denise Lewis and Roger Black became the first ever Olympians to step into the Strictly ballroom.
Lewis stormed to an incredible second place with professional Ian Waite just months after competing at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Three-time Olympic medallist Black ultimately finished fifth after a particularly strong performance dancing the foxtrot to Why Don't You Do Right by Peggy Lee alongside Camilla Dallerup.
Season 3 (2005) - Colin Jackson
Colin Jackson added two more silver medals to his belt after transferred his hurdling skills into dancing skills in 2005.
The Seoul 1988 silver medallist in the men's 110m hurdles finished runner-up in the third series alongside professional Erin Boag.
He returned in 2017 for the Christmas Special with Amy Dowden, once again finishing as runner-up.
Season 6 (2008) - Mark Foster
Sprinting specialist Mark Foster became the first swimmer on the programme in 2008.
Fresh from a staggering fifth Olympic appearance at Beijing 2008, where he was the Opening Ceremony flagbearer for Team GB, Foster partnered with Hayley Holt.
The duo reached the sixth week of competition, knocked out in the dance-off after performing a paso doble to Kelly Clarkson's 'Since U Been Gone'.
Series 7 (2009) - Jade Johnson
Jade Johnson's Strictly journey ended in heartbreak as the long jumper was forced to retire from the competition due to a serious injury to her right knee.
The highlights of her athletics career including winning European and Commonwealth silver in 2002, as well as Olympic appearances at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
Season 10 (2012) - Victoria Pendleton and Louis Smith
Louis Smith is in a league of his own when it comes to Strictly Come Dancing.
The four-time Olympic medallist is the only Olympian to have ever won the famed dancing competition, with a show-stopping victory post-London 2012.
Partnered with Flavia Cacace, Smith's show dance, which began with a acrobatic routine on top of a globe, catapulted the Olympian to the top of the podium.
In the same season, double Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton swapped the velodrome for the ballroom and reached week eight of the competition.
Season 13 (2015) - Iwan Thomas and Anthony Ogogo
It was a tough season for Olympians on Strictly in 2015, with Iwan Thomas and Anthony Ogogo leaving the competition in the second and third week respectively.
Former 400m runner Thomas won Olympic silver at Atlanta 1996 but struggled to sparkle in the ballroom alongside partner Ola Jordan, while bronze medal winning boxer Ogogo placed 14th overall.
Season 14 (2016) - Greg Rutherford and Claudia Fragapane
A gymnast versus a long jumper. Greg Rutherford and Claudia Fragapane went to battle with each other in 2016.
Both fresh from the Rio Olympics, where Rutherford won bronze, the two Team GB stars faced each other in a dramatic week nine dance off, with Fragapane coming out on top.
That meant Rutherford and his partner Natalie Lowe left the show, with Fragapane and partner AJ Pritchard going on to reach the semi-finals and finish fourth overall.
Season 17 (2019) - James Cracknell and Alex Scott
Double Olympic gold medal winning rower James Cracknell participated in the 2019 series of the show, partnered with Luba Mushtuk.
They were the first to be eliminated, but not before strutting their stuff in a tango to "Gold" by Spandau Ballet and a jive to "Tutti Frutti".
As the first female footballer to participate, London 2012 Olympian Alex Scott reached the quarter final on the Strictly dance floor.
She lasted for 11 weeks before being eliminated in Musicals Week after a dance-off against Chris Ramsey and Karen Hauer.
Season 18 (2020) - Nicola Adams
Nicola Adams is no stranger to making history.
The boxer became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal at London 2012, before defending her title four years later in Rio.
Adams then became the first celebrity to perform in a same-sex pairing on Strictly after being partnered with Katya Jones. The duo however, were forced to pull out of the competition in November after Jones tested positive for Covid-19.
Season 19 (2021) - Adam Peaty
Adam Peaty became the first Brit to defend an Olympic title in the pool at Tokyo 2020, with 100m breaststroke gold. He then put on his dancing shoes and waltzed into Strictly.
The three-time Olympic champion was partnered with professional Katya Jones, with the pair eliminated in week seven.
Season 22 (2024) - Tom Dean, Montell Douglas and Sam Quek
Paris 2024 fever lit up Strictly last September.
Three Olympians graced the ballroom, with Tom Dean coming in hot off the press from winning his third Olympic gold medal. He ultimately left in the first week.
Rio 2016 hockey gold medallist and TV presenter Sam Quek sashayed her way into the sixth week with partner Nikita Kuzmin while Gladiator Montell Douglas set fire to the dance floor.
Douglas made Team GB history by becoming the first British woman selected to compete in different sports at the Olympic Summer and Winter Games, both a sprinter and bobsledder.
Season 23 (2025) - Harry Aikines Aryeetey and Karen Carney
The newest entries into the Olympics to Strictly pipeline are Harry Aikines Aryeetey and Karen Carney.
The sprinter was part of the 4x100m relay squad that finished fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and won the 100m final at the European Athletics Team Championships the following year.
Now a star of the screen, Aikines Aryeetey has appeared as 'Nitro' in the 2024 reboot of the classic game show 'Gladiators' and already has a taste of Strictly under his belt after competing on the 2024 Christmas special.
A winger with pace and an eye for goal, Carney scored 13 times in 75 international appearances as well as competing for Team GB at London 2012.
Now delivering insight from the sideline as a pundit, Carney will take to the Strictly ballroom to show off her footwork.
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