Strictly confirms first name as Coronation Street star Will Mellor joins 2022 line-up

Strictly Come Dancing for fear of looking “tragic” as a result of her age. The Loose Women star, 59, announced her involvement in the star-studded dancing competition during Friday’s episode of the ITV daytime show (August 5).Speaking to the Sunday Mirror following the announcement, Adams said: “All the sexy stuff, oh my God, it just gives me the ick.”READ NEXT: BBC Strictly Come Dancing bosses 'want to sign up' Lionesses star for new seriesShe added: “I’m worried it’s going to look tragic, a woman of my age – the whole thing about trying to appear dance-y when you’re older.”The mother-of-two also revealed that she hopes to be partnered with a homosexual professional dancer because she believes a heterosexual man would feel “embarrassed” while dancing with her.She said: “I don’t want a heterosexual.

The new series of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing now has an eighth confirmed contestant. Singer-songwriter, musician and actor Matt Goss will take to the famous dance floor this autumn.

Loose Women star Kaye Adams has shared her excitement ahead of Strictly Come Dancing, while admitting that there are some parts of the show she's dreading.  The 59 year old announced her involvement in the star-studded dancing competition during Friday’s episode of the ITV daytime show. In a conversation with the Sunday Mirror following the announcement, Kaye said: “All the sexy stuff, oh my God, it just gives me the ick.” “I’m worried it’s going to look tragic, a woman of my age – the whole thing about trying to appear dance-y when you’re older.," the presenter added.

Strictly Come Dancing.The 53-year-old was announced as the 8th contestant to sign on the dotted line to take part in the long-running Saturday night BBC ballroom dancing competition.Holiday hosts Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle played coy throughout Monday's edition of This Morning as they teased viewers of a dramatic reveal at the end of the ITV daytime chat show calling it "showbiz' biggest secret".READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing bosses sign up Paralympian Ellie Simmonds for BBC show But it was eventually announced that Matt will don his best dancing shoes as his prepares to take to the famous BBC ballroom studio to face the returning judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and the last remaining original judge, Craig Revel Horwood in the autumn.He exclaimed: "To be highly judged in this show and just and be critiqued is actually exciting to me in a weird way because I've got butterflies for the first time in in in three decades." The Bros member said: "I genuinely am quite nervous and it's just it's a nice feeling to be that nervous"He joins the likes of Ellie Simmonds, Jayde Adams, Kaye Adams, Kym Marsh, Richie Anderson, Tyler West and British TV actor Will Mellor who have already been announced as contestants for the 2022 series.Matt beamed as he made a grand entrace into the This Morning studio, as a large purple curtain dropped and confetti filled the air. DJ Tyler West is the latest name to be confirmed having announced his news on Monday's edition of KISS Breakfast with former Diversity stars, Jordan & Perri.The fellow KISS DJ is best known for his television presenting work on shows such as MOTD KickAbout and Blue Peter on CBBC.

Lorraine Kelly has joked that there's more chance of her being a contestant on Love Island than being asked to do Strictly Come Dancing. That's despite the queen of breakfast TV being a bookies favourite to waltz across the dancefloor when the hit BBC show returns this autumn.

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty completely lost it after a VERY rude swipe that was made at her co-star Charlie Stayt. The presenters were left crying with laughter during Saturday morning's instalment of the show. The pair were discussing the stories in Saturday's papers when it happened.

STRICTLY Come Dancing have revealed their seventh celebrity contestant – Tyler West. The TV presenter and DJ will be taking to the dance floor this winter, but admits it’s very much “out of his comfort zone.” He said:  “I am SO gassed to be joining the Strictly family! As I started writing this I already got cramp.

Strictly bosses have confirmed radio DJ Tyler West as the sixth celeb to join the line-up this autumn. The TV presenter and radio host will be dancing alongside the likes of former Corrie stars Kym Marsh and Will Mellor and Scots journalist Kaye Adams for the popular BBC show.

Radio DJ Tyler West has been announced as the seventh celebrity to be taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing. Admitting that the show will be "out of his comfort zone", he said: "I am SO gassed to be joining the Strictly family! As I started writing this I already got cramp. It’s going to be one crazy incredible journey which will no doubt be SO far outside my comfort zone.

Strictly Come Dancing bosses have revealed that radio DJ Tyler West is the latest star to make their ballroom debut.The broadcaster joins names including Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps' Will Mellor and Paralympian Ellie Simmonds.The Kiss FM radio DJ said: "I am so gassed to be joining the Strictly family!READ MORE: 'Excited' Strictly star Ellie Simmonds says being first dwarf on show is 'a real honour'"It's going to be one crazy incredible journey which will no doubt be SO far outside my comfort zone. "It's a show that means so much to me and my family and I can't wait to seriously shake a leg on that shiny dance floor. with a side of sequins."Tyler's exciting news was announced on Kiss FM Breakfast with Jordan & Perri earlier today [August 8].The radio presenter is best known for hosting weekday afternoons on Kiss, as well as being nominated for an ARIA award as Best New Presenter back in 2020.Fans couldn't help but share their excitement following the news with one penning: "I am so so proud of this boy.

BBC Breakfast star Sally Nugent was joined on the famous red sofa by co-star Ben Thompson again this week.Sally's fairly new co-star Jon Kay who became a permanent fixture after replacing Dan Walker on the popular morning programme was missing in action on Monday 8 August. Jon was hired to present the programme alongside Sally from Monday to Wednesday with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt taking over for the remaining days in the weekday schedule.READ MORE: BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay missing again alongside Sally Nugent as new host steps inJust weeks ago, the star also needed to pull the plug on his first official debut as Strictly star Dan's replacement.Unfortunately on what was supposed to be a momentous day for Jon, ended up with the new host suffering from Covid and having to let Sally down.Updating fans on Twitter on the situation, he followers how "gutted" he had been to miss his first day.Sharing a snap of his positive lateral flow test, he included the caption: "Aaaagh! Finally got me.

Strictly Come Dancing. The 27-year-old, a five-time Paralympic gold medal winner, is set to become the first dwarf to appear on the show.

Strictly Come Dancing's Rylan Clark has set the record straight after fans believed a parrot had been signed up the 2022 series of the BBC One dance contest. The host of spin-off show It Takes Two spoke out after the parody Twitter account @bbcstructly posted a joke 'announcement' that Chanel the African grey parrot, who went viral during lockdown in 2020, had joined the line-up.

Strictly Come Dancing champions 2022. Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will also be returning, as well as judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse. Anton Du Beke will be permanently replacing Bruno Tonioli in the upcoming series.

ballroom alongside a host of other celebrities - including Kaye Adams, Richie Anderson, Kym Marsh and Will Mellor in the line-up so far. The news of Jayde's Strictly journey was announced on the official Strictly Instagram account. A number of fans and Strictly stars alike have been quick to welcome to comedian to the show.

Loose Women 's Kaye Adams has said she hopes her professional partner for the new Strictly Come Dancing show will be gay.

Strictly bosses want to score one of the Lionesses for the new series.The team’s sensational Euros victory has made them hot property.And execs on the show reckon getting a player to be contestant would be TV gold.READ NEXT: EastEnders fans work out which soap stars 'will appear on Strictly Come Dancing'Goal scorer Chloe Kelly is said to be their top target.A show insider said: "England’s Lionesses have united the country. Strictly producers are very keen to cash in on this and get one of them on the new series."They have already made an approach and it’s hoped a deal could be made within days."The team’s 2-1 victory over Germany last weekend pulled in the biggest viewing figures of 2022 with 17million fans tuning in.Our insider added: "There is so much interest in the Lionesses at the moment.

Dan Walker, 45, turned to social media to express his outrage today after a number of people complained that they’ve “never heard of” the celebrities completing Strictly Come Dancing’s line-up this year.The former contestant bluntly told those who were making a fuss to “google it”. Taking to Instagram, he wrote: “Will never get my head around the ‘never heard of them’ crew when you see someone announced on #Strictly who you don’t know much about."“Get on Google, learn a bit about them,” he added incredulously.“Looking forward to seeing the full set of this year’s bunch.”The former BBC Breakfast presenter shared the same message with his Twitter page, and in view of his 771,000 followers. READ MORE: Anne Heche 'rushed to hospital with burns as car crashes into house'Dan competed in Strictly 2021, lasting until week 11 and coming fifth with professional partner Nadiya Bychkova.However, it was EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice who went home with the Glitterball Trophy.This year, a new line-up is taking shape, with each celebrity being dramatically announced one by one. Hollyoaks actor Will Mellor was the first famous face to be revealed, with Coronation Street actress and Morning Live presenter Kym Marsh being next up. BBC Radio Two’s Richie Anderson followed soon after before Loose Women’s Kaye Adams took up the fourth spot.Comedian Jayde Adams was the latest contestant to be announced, with news of her taking to the dancefloor breaking today.Every year, Strictly has a mix of famous faces and rising stars, with lesser-known celebs often going on to win the show. Dan’s followers took to the comments section of his tweet to discuss whether it was fair to comment on how known a celebrity is before

WILL Mellor was announced as the first contestant of this year's Strictly Come Dancing on Thursday, and now The Sun can take a look into his exciting home life. Will, 46, has been married to his wife Michelle McSween for 15 years. The pair met in the late-90s and have been going strong ever since.

It’s almost time to get your glad rags on as Strictly Come Dancing 2022 is right around the corner. The BBC flagship programme, fronted by Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly, is set to return in just a matter of weeks for its 20th year and unsurprisingly, there’s already been a mountain of buzz. Already, we’ve had the professional dancers’ line-up revealed, with four newcomers on the bill, and the first batch of contestants are also coming in thick and fast.

Strictly Come Dancing 2022. So far this week, Will Mellor, Kym Marsh and Richie Anderson have been announced for the BBC dancing comp – is Kaye next?Speculation is mounting that the 59-year-old will confirm the news live on the ITV chat show today, making her the fourth celebrity to brush off their dancing shoes for the new series. According to The Sun, an insider claimed the presenter had secretly signed up to the show, which will see celebrities and their pro partners learn new dances in an attempt to wow judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirey Ballas and Anton Du Beke.