Strictly Come Dancing’s line-up for dazzling Christmas special as one star makes history

The archetypal 3 celebrities taking portion successful the Strictly Come Dancing 2024 Christmas peculiar person been confirmed – and the latest is simply a precise breathtaking edition.

Vogue Williams is acceptable to articulation the dazzling formed successful a wholly caller task for the TV prima and model, arsenic confirmed connected spin-off amusement It Takes Two.

Known for her presenting work, podcasting, DJing, and fittingness expertise, Vogue, 39, volition beryllium paired with Carlos Gu, whose erstwhile Strictly partners see Molly Rainford and Angela Scanlon.

The Irish prima said she’s ‘so excited’ to articulation the Strictly family, with grooming already underway for her regular to Rock-In Robin by Bobby Day.

‘Carlos would person much of a accidental of winning a Nobel Prize than turning maine into a bully dancer but I americium determined to effort my precise best!’, she joked.

‘I’m loving it truthful far. Bring connected the ballroom floor.’

Appearing connected It Takes Two aft the quality was confirmed, Vogue told big Janette Manrara: ‘The lone occupation is, everyone thinks that I look similar I’m a bully dancer, and I truly americium not!’

Vogue’s broadcasting enactment ranges from presenting documentaries and hosting workplace shows to appearing successful her ain world series.

She is often seen presenting manner and reddish carpet segments connected ITV’s Lorraine, and is an established podcaster known for My Therapist Ghosted Me, Spencer and Vogue, and Never Live It Down. 

Vogue, whose hubby is Spencer Matthews, was a regular presenter person connected Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, hosted Virgin Media’s Saturday nighttime extravaganza, and fronted her ain Heart Radio play show.  

Her Strictly announcement comes aft past was made earlier this week.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist Tayce volition go the archetypal resistance artist to instrumentality portion successful the BBC creation amusement aft she was announced for the Christmas episode, portion the archetypal confirmed subordinate was comedian Josh Widdicombe.

The Wales-born vigor presenter and exemplary said she ‘cannot hold to ‘sleigh’ connected the Strictly ballroom floor’ wherever she volition beryllium paired with nonrecreational dancer Kai Widdrington.

Tayce, 30, who was a finalist successful bid 2 of the drag-based world bid and has adjacent released a rap azygous called Swagzilla, is besides the kid of erstwhile Wham! bass subordinate Roger Radix.

Speaking astir appearing connected the show, Tayce promised that she and Kai were ‘going to creation for [their] lives’.

‘In each seriousness, it’s an unthinkable honour to beryllium the archetypal resistance creator to beryllium taking portion successful Strictly Come Dancing. I anticipation I bash each of my Drag Race and Welsh fans proud.

‘Sign maine up for each the glitz, glam and disco balls.’

Despite Strictly ne'er having a resistance creator arsenic a contestant before, histrion Layton Williams performed successful resistance arsenic Betty Rizzo from the philharmonic Grease with nonrecreational spouse Nikita Kuzmin to the opus There Are Worse Things I Could Do, during the show’s 2023 series.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK justice Michelle Visage besides appeared connected Strictly successful 2019, wherever she was partnered with Giovanni Pernice and was the eighth personage to beryllium eliminated.

Tayce made a melodramatic entranceway onto It Takes Two connected Tuesday night, wherever her information was announced, with ex-pro Kevin Clifton twirling her implicit to big Fleur East.

When asked however acceptable she was, the lip-sync assassin quipped with a smile: ‘Oh Mama, I deliberation the question is are they acceptable for me?’

She besides promised to bring ‘the electric, the drama, the je ne sais quoi, the passionateness and the manner – truthful get ready, darling’.

Along with her resistance and euphony work, his Christmas spouse Tayce has presented a fig of BBC vigor shows and has hosted MTV’s Queerpiphany alongside exemplary Munroe Bergdorf.

As for dancer Kai, 29, helium has been a pro connected Strictly since 2021.

He changeable consecutive to the last successful his archetypal series, paired with Big Brother big AJ Odudu, but they were forced to propulsion retired of the contention aft she injured her ankle.

In 2022, helium and Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams were the archetypal to beryllium eliminated, portion helium managed seventh spot with Angela Rippon past twelvemonth and wasn’t partnered with a personage for this existent series.

Meanwhile, funnyman Josh is besides hoping helium tin bring festive cheer connected Christmas Day with his pro partner, Karen Hauer.

The announcement astir Josh’s engagement successful the Strictly peculiar was besides made It Takes Two, with the Taskmaster prima admitting that helium felt ‘terrified’ astir the task that laic earlier him connected Monday’s episode.

‘I americium utterly terrified this volition extremity successful humiliation and disquieted I’m going to beryllium truthful atrocious I volition ruin Christmas for the nation,’ helium said connected the BBC Two programme.

‘Why person I done this?’

We’re definite Josh, 41, is going to person a jolly bully time, particularly with Karen, 42, astatine his side!

This year, Karen was partnered up with erstwhile nonrecreational footballer Paul Merson connected the show, making it done to the 5th week earlier they were eliminated.

In the past, she made it to 2nd spot with Jamie Laing, and 4th spot with Mark Wright and Chris Ramsey.

Josh is astir often seen connected The Last Leg, which he’s co-presented with Adam Hills and Alex Brooker since 2012.

He’s besides appeared connected TV shows including Mock the Week, his ain eponymous BBC Three sitcom titled Josh, and helium won the first-ever bid of Taskmaster successful 2015.

The comedian appeared connected Celebrity Gogglebox past period with chap comic and histrion Stephen Merchant successful a peculiar occurrence for Stand Up To Cancer.

We’re yet to find retired who the remainder of the Strictly Christmas 2024 competitors are – with 4 much stars yet to beryllium announced – but we can’t hold for their identities to beryllium revealed.

They’ll beryllium pursuing successful the footsteps of EastEnders histrion Jamie Borthwick, who won past year’s peculiar with Nancy Xu and is presently a personage connected the main Strictly Come Dancing.

Strictly Come Dancing returns connected Saturday astatine 6.45pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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