The first new contestants of the Strictly Come Dancing 2021 line-up are being revealed, with McFly musician Tom Fletcher main the cost as he will get able to strut his stuff on the dancefloor.
After months of hypothesis over who will compete in Strictly this 12 months, followers are lastly being informed the primary celebs who will showcase their strikes in entrance of the judges alongside their skilled dancers.
The announcement of the primary three stars to affix the forged was made on Wednesday night on The One Show, after decide Shirley Ballas teased a line-up of opponents that viewers have ‘never seen’ earlier than.
First to be unveiled was Tom, whose spouse Giovanna Fletcher grew to become the very first Queen of the Castle on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! final 12 months.
Speaking to Alex Jones and Amol Rajan, he mentioned that it’s been ‘so hard’ preserving his stint on a Strictly a secret.
Saying that he felt ‘equal parts excited and terrified’, he added that he feels ‘naked without a guitar’ as he’s ‘so used to standing with a guitar on stage’.
We know that Tom, 36, is of course musically-inclined, what together with his vocal expertise and unbelievable expertise on a number of devices, however how will he fare when he dons his dancing footwear?
McFly drummer Harry Judd received Strictly 10 years in the past in 2011, so we’ll simply have to attend and see if Tom can emulate his band mate’s success!
Tom shared that his pal has already given him numerous recommendation, saying that he ‘can’t shut Harry up about Strictly’.
The second superstar introduced was Robert Webb, a comic, actor and author who makes up one half of the double act Mitchell and Webb with David Mitchell.
He mentioned that it’s ‘very exciting with a slight undertone of quivering’ to compete on the present, including: ‘Did I ever expect it? It was always gonna happen.’
Will one other comic win Strictly as Robert prepares to compete on the present? (Picture: BBC)
Robert, 48, starred in Peep Show with David, along with additionally showing within the sketch comedy programme That Mitchell and Webb Look.
Robert does have some expertise of dancing on TV, having received the 2009 collection Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, throughout which he carried out a spoof of a dance from the 80s traditional Flashdance.
If we’re being completely sincere, we’re undoubtedly hoping for a reenactment on the Strictly dancefloor.
In 2020, Strictly Come Dancing was delayed as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, with solely 12 celebrities competing.
However, it’s anticipated that the BBC programme will return to being a full collection this 12 months with 15 stars in whole.
While some stars of the present have now been revealed, the hearsay mill remains to be churning as followers attempt to predict who shall be subsequent in line.
Among the rumoured contestants is Selling Sunset star Christine Quinn, former skilled footballer Peter Crouch, BBC Breakfast’s Louise Minchin and former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas.
After Nicola Adams and Katya Jones competed within the first ever same-sex partnership on Strictly in 2020, it has additionally been speculated {that a} male superstar could be partnered up with a male dancer for this 12 months’s competitors.
Last 12 months, comic Bill Bailey grew to become the oldest winner in Strictly historical past as he raised the Glitterball Trophy together with his accomplice, Oti Mabuse.
Their triumph marked a second consecutive win for Oti, who was additionally victorious the earlier 12 months with former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher.
More to observe.
Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One later this 12 months.
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