Strictly Come Dancing is coming back for its 22nd series. The popular show attracted more than 8.8 million viewers in its last series finale when Coronation Street star Ellie Leach and professional dancer Vito Coppola won the competition.
Although ratings have dipped slightly year-on-year, the show has remained one of the most popular in the UK since it first launched, but the 22nd season comes amid bubbling controversies about on-set bullying behind the scenes. Fifteen former staff who worked on the show recently complain of a “toxic” work culture and bullying, mainly aimed at low-level production staff. Though most of the guilty parties were unnamed, blame was laid on several of the celebrities, producers, and dancers involved in the show.
Some former celebrity contestants, including Amanda Abbington, Zara McDermott and Laura Whitmore have made public complaints about their onset treatment. We don’t know everything just yet about the next series, like when exactly it’s set to hit the screen, but a lot of information about the show has already been leaked or publicly announced. When could Strictly be on this year? The BBC hasn’t provided an official date for when the new series will air.
However, based on past years, the show usually runs from September to December, although there have been a few seasons that started as late as October. The Terms and Conditions on BBC ticket giveaway confirm that filming for the launch show will start in September. It’s also very likely the show will retain its usual pattern of airing on a Saturday night on BBC One.
The airing of a special episode to commemorate the show’s 20th anniversary has been confirmed by the BBC. Who is in the cast of Strictly 2024? It’s expected that Tess Daly and Claudia Winkelman will reprise their roles as hosts on the show. The BBC also have not indicated any changes in the judging panel.
Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, and Motsi Mabusewill probably all return as judges for the series. The BBC has officially announced five celebrity guests so far: Wynn Evans Once dubbed “Most Irritating Man in the UK” in 2012, Wynn Evans is primarily known for lending his voice to GoCompare adverts, where he sings the insurance firm’s signature jingle. Despite his main claim to fame, he’s had an impressive career as a West End performer and had a starring role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall.
It’s also not the first time he’s made a high-profile reality TV appearance, Evans came first in the eighteenth series of Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One. He told BBC Two he’d be representing every “portly middle-aged father” during his appearance on the show. Toyah Willcox English pop star and singer-songwriter Toyah Willcox has had a multi-decade-long career, starting in the 70s.
She’s picked up eight top 40 singles and appeared in numerous plays films and TV projects throughout her career. Her hit singles include “It’s a Mystery”, “Thunder in the Mountains” and “I Want to Be Free”. Much of her early work drew inspiration from the punk and new wave movements.
Willcox is dyslexic. Dr Punam Krishan Punam Krishan is well-known media doctor and a resident GP on BBC Morning Live and BBC Radio Scotland. She is also a practising NHS GP in addition to her work as a broadcaster and newspaper columnist, for publications including the i .
Krishan has also written her own children’s book, How to Be a Doctor and Other Life-Saving Jobs , with additional books in the pipeline. Chris McCausland Scottish-born Christopher McCausland shot to fame as a stand-up comedian and actor. He’s perhaps best known for his role in CBeebies show Me Too , where he plays Rudi the market trader.
McCausland is blind due to an ear condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which he developed well into adulthood as he was starting out in his standup career. He’s built up some impressive credentials in the world of TV comedy and quizzes, appearing on Have I Got News for You, Richard Osman’s House of Games , 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown , and Not Going Out. JB Gill JB Gill gained celeb status as part UK boyband JLS.
After selling 10 million records as part of the urban pop group, and getting five number one singles, he turned to television, Gill was then one of the main presenters on the award-winning CBeebies programme Down on the Farm alongside Storm Huntley. JB Gill also joined the presenting team for BBC Songs of Praise in 2017 and also hosts the TV show Cooking With The Gills on Channel 5, and has also made appearances on Countryfile . Pete Wicks Pete Wicks shot to fame in 2015 as part of the cast of the The Only Way Is Essex He became a familiar face in the world of British reality, and would later appear on TV Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls, Celebs Go Dating, Celebrity MasterChef and Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
He’s set to tour the UK later this year for his podcast Staying Relevant which he co-hosts with Sam Thompson. Tasha Ghouri Tasha Ghouri shot to fame after spending 48-days on Love Island, where is placed joint fourth alongside Andrew Le Page. Ghouri was Island’s first-ever deaf contestant and uses a cochlear implant to hear.
Since leaving the show she’s worked as a brand ambassador, and podcaster, appeared on The Weakest Link and been an advocate for people with disabilities..
