Strictly Come Dancing have announced seven contestants from their 2024 line up for the new season later this year but fans are far from impressed. Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Strictly Come Dancing have now announced seven contestants from their 2024 line up with the 22nd series of the BBC dance show set to air later this year. Among them is comedian Chris McCausland, who will make history as the competition's first ever blind contestant.
Other names that have now been announced include JLS star JB Gill, TOWIE legend Pete Wicks, Love Island's Tasha Ghouri, 80s singer Toyah Willcox, Go Compare opera star Wynne Evans and Scots media medic Dr Punam Krishan. However, fans appear to not be impressed by this year's 'celebs' as they have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to brand the current line up as a 'joke'. Reality stars, Pete Wicks and Tasha Ghouri were the most recent stars to be confirmed this morning but many devoted Strictly fans are not happy with this decision as they have called for 'real' celebrities to be added to the line up.
One viewer fumed: "#StrictlyComeDancing line up so far is a joke!! What used to be a ticket full of stars, is now a ticket full of reality stars - Tasha, Pete even Wynne...
#notwatchingthisyear #Strictly @bbcstrictly @bbcstrictly.