Professional dancer Amy Dowden’s return to Strictly Come Dancing will be celebrated with a "very special" and “empowering” group dance by the show’s professionals. The performance will feature in the launch show of the BBC dancing programme which is set to enter its 22nd series. The Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up is set to feature the likes of Welsh Opera Singer Wynne Evans, Love Islander Tasha Ghouri and former The Only Way Is Essex star Pete Wicks.
Dowden will return to Strictly Come Dancing in 2024 having missed the last series due to an ongoing battle with breast cancer. Amy Dowden (left) and Dianne Buswell are among the professionals taking part in Strictly Come Dancing 2024. (Image: Jordan Pettitt/PA) The professional dancer was diagnosed with breast cancer back May 2023 after finding a lump the day before her honeymoon.
The 34-year-old announced in February that she would return to the show this year, after a mastectomy and chemotherapy left her with “no evidence of disease”. Speaking about the dance in her honour, Dowden said: “I am so excited for every element of being back with my Strictly family. “I am so grateful to get this opportunity, especially as it’s such a special year for this legendary show.
It feels like it’s my first year again. “I’m buzzing to see the whole team, for costumes, for dance routines, to meet the celebrities, the judges. Everyone’s laughing at me because I am just smiling constantly.
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