The duo were both unveiled on the Kiss FM Breakfast Show. Love Island star Ghouri, who was born deaf and uses a cochlear implant, found fame on the eighth series of the ITV2 reality show two years ago, where she met boyfriend Andrew Le Page. She has since become a campaigner for the deaf community and worked with 10 Downing Street and the Department for Education.
She said: “I feel nervous, excited, like I’m about to throw up. “It didn’t feel real ’til I was here now, but I’m so gassed, I’m so excited.” Asked which professional partner she would like to be paired with, she said: “I do have a dream of who I would love to be with, I’ve not even met them yet.
“It would be Jojo (Johannes Radebe), I would love to work with him.” Ghouri, who is a trained dancer, said Strictly would be a new kind of experience. She said: “I’ve not danced in quite a few years now, since Love Island my career has changed so much.
“I might not be good at it, like ballet, I’m not good at ballet, I’m trained in commercial, so I’m excited to learn these new styles.” Wicks, who shot to fame on ITVBe series The Only Way Is Essex, said he is experiencing mixed emotions about joining the line-up. He told Kiss: “It is a mixture of excited and absolutely petrified, genuinely petrified.
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Get Me Out Of Here winner Sam Thompson, is already beside himself with excitement, He said: “Sam already knows, I did tell Sam and Sam crie.