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Tom Fletcher is the first celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2021
Tom Fletcher is the first celebrity contestant confirmed for this years’ Strictly Come Dancing.
Tom is an author, composer, musician, singer and songwriter.
“I think the fact that I’m actually going to be dancing on Strictly this year has only just started to sink in while I’m writing this! I’m incredibly excited, of course, but also totally terrified! My kids were excited too until I started showing them my best dad-dancing in the kitchen. I’m not sure how far they’ll get me in the competition but I can’t wait to add some new moves to my embarrassing dad-dancing repertoire.” – Tom Fletcher
The news was revealed tonight (Wednesday 4th August) on The One Show.
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Tom is best known as a lead vocalist and guitarist in the pop group McFly. Tom has penned ten UK number one singles for McFly and has also written hits for One Direction, Busted and 5 Seconds of Summer.
Alongside his music career, Tom is also a keen children’s author whose books, including The Christmasaurus, The Creakers and There’s a Monster in Your Book, have been translated into over 30 languages.
Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One for its 19th series this autumn.
In July, the Beeb announced that four new professional dancers would be joining the show:- World Junior Latin American Champion 2010 and former DWTS Ireland pro, Kai Widdrington; six-time Latin and Ballroom National Champion in Italy, Nikita Kuzmin; reigning South African Latin Champion, Cameron Lombard and winner of BBC One’s The Greatest Dancer 2020, Jowita Przystal.
2021 will also see a change to the judge’s panel as due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding international travel restrictions caused by COVID-19, Bruno Tonioli, who has been a fixture on Strictly since 2004 and is also a judge on DWTS in the USA, will be unable to take part this year. He’ll be replaced by Anton Du Beke who has been a professional dancer on every series of Strictly since its inception in 2004.
“My loves I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to be stepping into Bruno’s brogues for the next series of Strictly. It’s a dream come true to be judging alongside the best of the best and I promise to be kinder to all the couples than any of them have ever been to me.” – Anton Du Beke
