Strictly Come Dancing fans say 'can't wait' as final Christmas Special star confirmed

Billy Monger volition vie for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special Glitterball against Tayce, Tamzin Outhwaite, Josh Widdicombe, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Vogue Williams

Celebrity Race Across the World prima Billy Monger has been confirmed arsenic the sixth sanction to articulation the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2024 line-up.

As the Ballroom is erstwhile again transformed into a magical wintertime wonderland, the last personage down the all-star advent calendar doors this twelvemonth was revealed connected Strictly: It Takes Two connected Thursday (November 21) evening.

The British racing operator volition beryllium paired with Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer Nadiya Bychkova arsenic they effort the instrumentality location the prestigious Glitterball trophy.

Billy has scored podiums successful British Formula 3 and followed successful Lewis Hamilton's footsteps by winning the Pau Grand Prix successful European Formula 3.

He was critically injured successful a high-speed collision portion racing successful Formula 4 which near him with some legs amputated. Despite this, Billy refused to springiness up connected his racing career, lobbying to let some disabled and non-disabled drivers to contention alongside each other.

Billy won the BBC Sports Personality Helen Rollason Award and had a BAFTA-nominated BBC documentary made astir his story. He is besides a presenter and pundit connected Channel 4's sum of Formula One and the Paralympics.

He precocious bushed the world grounds for a treble amputee successful the Ironman World Championships successful Hawaii - the toughest endurance lawsuit successful the satellite - a BBC documentary connected this is being made.

Speaking astir joining the star-studded cast, Billy said: "I've spent the past 12 months grooming 20 hours a week for an Ironman satellite grounds attempt, but the thought of donning sequins successful beforehand of Craig Revel Horwood fills maine with a fearfulness I've ne'er experienced before.

"This is astir arsenic acold from my comfortableness portion arsenic it tin get! My household are large Strictly fans, truthful I'm doing it for them and to rise consciousness for what I’m doing for Comic Relief adjacent year. I'm conscionable hoping my limb doesn't autumn disconnected mid-dance!"

Following the announcement, fans person taken to societal media to stock their excitement, with 1 instrumentality writing: "Loved Billy Monger connected Race Across the World - can’t hold to spot him with Nadiya astatine Christmas! #Strictly #ItTakesTwo." Another added: "Billy Monger to triumph that! Get successful the boy! #StrictlyComeDancing." A 3rd idiosyncratic said: "Billy Monger connected strictly omg."

Joining Billy and Nadiya successful the festive amusement are comedian Josh Widdicombe and Karen Hauer, RuPaul's Drag Race superstar Tayce and Kai Widdrington, presenter Vogue Williams and Carols Gu, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Nancy Xu and Tamzin Outhwaite and Nikita Kuzmin.

In the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, each of the six couples volition execute a festive fuelled regular successful the anticipation of impressing the judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas, and the voting workplace audience. But who volition look the Christmas prima of the evening, and assistance the sought aft Christmas trophy?

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas peculiar volition aerial connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer connected Christmas Day