Strictly Come Dancing 2021 launch LIVE: Tom Fletcher, Tilly Ramsay & more swing into action with pro-dancers TONIGHT
STRICTLY Come Dancing’s new celebrity contestants will be paired with their professional partners during the launch show on TONIGHT.
The 15 celebrities, who include Olympian Adam Peaty, rugby star Ugo Monye and TV presenter Judi Love, will make their debut on the dancefloor during a group number in tonight’s launch show at 7.45pm.
Meanwhile, Dan Walker revealed he was taken to A&E after bumping his head.
The TV presenter, 44, has been training for the BBC show ahead of tonight’s launch show, and said he hit his head on a “big glass window” on Thursday and was taken to hospital a day later after “feeling a little wobbly”.
Also competing will be EastEnders actress Nina Wadia, TV presenter AJ Odudu, Dragons’ Den investor Sara Davies, McFly star Tom Fletcher, Coronation Street actress Katie McGlynn, TV presenter Tilly Ramsay, comedian Robert Webb, CBBC host Rhys Stephenson and actor Greg Wise.
EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis will be the first deaf contestant to appear in the series.
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