Les Dennis is Strictly Come Dancing's final 2023 contestant as BBC adds iconic TV star to line-up
dailyrecord.co.ukThe final contestant taking part in Strictly Come Dancing has been announced as TV star Les Dennis.The show, which is set to kick off this autumn, revealed on Good Morning Britain that the soap star is the final name to join the line-up.On the morning show, Ben Shepherd gave some clues to viewers and described Les as a 'national treasure' and also said that the person in question was a 'game show host', hinting to Les' stint on Family Fortunes.Les then joined Ben and Ranvir Singh and opened up about his dancing venture.He said: "It's been so hard to keep a secret!
I was asked when I was in Corrie but I'm so excited about it!""I had a knee replacement two years ago and I thought, maybe it's time to slow down, but when you get offered to do things like this you realise it puts a spring in your step.
I'm excited and I'm terrified!" The show is presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman with judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke.
According to reports, the Coronation Street icon had been previously asked to compete on the show, but couldn't due to his Corrie contract with ITV.
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