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 yr, followers are lastly being instructed the primary celebs who will exhibit their strikes in entrance of the judges alongside their skilled dancers.
The announcement of the primary three stars to hitch the forged was made on Wednesday night on The One Show, after choose Shirley Ballas teased a line-up of rivals that viewers have ‘never seen’ earlier than.
First to be unveiled was Tom, whose spouse Giovanna Fletcher turned the very first Queen of the Castle on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! final yr.
Speaking to Alex Jones and Amol Rajan, he stated 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 incredible abilities 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 buddy has already given him a number of recommendation, saying that he ‘can’t shut Harry up about Strictly’.
The second celeb 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 stated 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 basic 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 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with solely 12 celebrities competing.
However, it’s anticipated that the BBC programme will return to being a full collection this yr with 15 stars in whole.
While some stars of the present have now been revealed, the hearsay mill continues to be churning as followers attempt to predict who will likely 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 celeb could be partnered up with a male dancer for this yr’s competitors.
Last yr, comic Bill Bailey turned the oldest winner in Strictly historical past as he raised the Glitterball Trophy together with his associate, Oti Mabuse.
Their triumph marked a second consecutive win for Oti, who was additionally victorious the earlier yr with former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher.
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Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One later this yr.
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