Strictly Come Dancing S19

Sequins, glitter & South Africans in Strictly Come Dancing S19

Sunday on BBC Brit (DStv channel 120) at 19:00

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UK celebrities pair up with professional dancers – including South Africans Oti Mabuse and Johannes Radebe – who’ll teach them the moves in this glamorous ballroom competition. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkelman co-host and judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Moti Mabuse (Oti’s sister) and Anton Du Beke man the panel.

This year’s contestants

Adam Peaty

26-year-old Olympic swimmer Adam picked up two gold medals at this year’s Games.

Pro partner: Katya Jones

AJ Odudu

33-year-old TV presenter AJ has worked on The Voice, The Voice Kids and more.

Pro partner: Kai Widdrington

Dan Walker

44-year-old Dan is a BBC Breakfast and Football Focus presenter.

Pro partner: Nadiya Bychkova

Greg Wise

56-year-old actor Greg played John Willoughby in Sense & Sensibility, and is married to his co-star, Emma Thompson.

Pro partner: Karen Hauer

John Whaite

33-year-old chef John won The Great British Bake Off S3 and he’ll be dancing in Strictly’s first-ever male same-sex partnership.

Pro partner: Johannes Radebe

Judi Love

41-year-old stand-up comedian Judi has been a panellist on shows like Sorry, I Didn’t Know and came 3rd in Celebrity MasterChef in 2020.

Pro partner: Graziano Di Prima

Katie McGlynn

28-year-old Katie is best known as Sinead Tinker in UK soapie Coronation Street.

Pro partner: Gorka Marquez

Nina Wadia

52-year-old actress and comedian Nina competed in The Crystal Maze in 2020, and was a regular in Sketch comedy series Goodness Gracious Me.

Pro partner: Neil Jones

Rhys Stephenson

27-year-old Rhys is a presenter on the long-running BBC children’s show Blue Peter.

Pro partner: Nancy Xu

Robert Webb

48-year-old comedian Robert is famous for Peep Show, and as David Mitchell’s comedy partner in Mitchell & Webb.

Pro partner: Dianne Buswell

Rose Ayling-Ellis

31-year-old Rose is Strictly’s first-ever deaf contestant. She plays Frankie in UK soapie EastEnders.

Pro partner: Giovanni Pernice

Sara Davies

37-year-old entrepreneur Sara is 1 of the terrifying investors on Dragon’s Den.

Pro partner: Aljaž Škorjanec

Tilly Ramsey

19-year-old chef and TV presenter Tilly is the creator of Matilda & The Ramsay Bunch. Her dad is Gordon Ramsay.

Pro partner: Nikita Kuzmin

Tom Fletcher

36-year-old McFly singer and rhythm guitarist Tom is stepping into big shoes – his bandmate, Harry Judd, won Strictly S9.

Pro partner: Amy Dowden

Ugo Monye

38-year-old former Harlequins rugby player Ugo is now a TV sports presenter.

Pro partner: Oti Mabuse

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