The critically acclaimed leisure present, created by BBC Studios, is scheduled to return within the autumn on each BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
By:
Mohnish Singh
Radio host and TV presenter Nikita Kanda and actor and TV presenter Adam Thomas have been confirmed as movie star contributors within the much-anticipated 21st season of Strictly Come Dancing.
The critically acclaimed leisure present, created by BBC Studios, is scheduled to return within the autumn on each BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The information of Kanda becoming a member of Strictly Come Dancing was revealed on Tuesday 8 on BBC Asian Community Breakfast, on her personal breakfast present.
Presenter Nikita Kanda is swapping the @bbcasiannetwork Breakfast present for #Strictly Saturday nights! 🪩
👉https://t.co/DoV0dfPJ7G @NikitaKanda pic.twitter.com/i6XRAc5JMj
— BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) August 8, 2023
Kanda stated that it was a “dream come true” to affix the upcoming season of Strictly Come Dancing, admitting that she was “pinching” herself after she joined the line-up alongside newly-announced participant Adam Thomas.
“I can’t consider I’m going to be on Strictly. This can be a dream come true. I’m nonetheless pinching myself. I don’t suppose it is going to correctly sink in till I step onto the dancefloor. I can’t wait to get glammed up and get on the market. Throw the glitter on me!” she stated.
Talking to her listeners, the 28-year-old stated, “I’m actually shaking, I can’t consider this. I’ve grown up watching this present each single 12 months glued to the TV like a lot of you at residence. This has been the largest secret ever, it has been so laborious to maintain this in and as we speak I really feel relieved, I’ve lastly let this out and (I’m) sharing this second with you. I simply can’t look ahead to the glitz, the glamour, the hair, the make-up, the outfits, and even to satisfy these judges. Who would have thought all these years of me raving it up on the dance ground, at these weddings and people nights out and events, these strikes are making it to the Strictly ballroom stage on BBC One.”
Thomas, who’s finest identified for enjoying Adam Barton in Emmerdale, stated he has been an enormous fan of the present for years and is happy to be becoming a member of the solid this 12 months. “I’m so excited to be becoming a member of the solid of this 12 months’s Strictly Come Dancing. I’ve been such an enormous fan of the present for years, I can’t consider I’m really doing it!”
Dance classes are on the curriculum for Waterloo Street’s Adam Thomas he’s able to be schooled on the planet of #Strictly! 🕺🏻https://t.co/XmoYvSHB5o @adamthomas21 pic.twitter.com/seh8gwYYI1
— BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) August 8, 2023
The actor admitted, “I can’t dance to save lots of my life however I’m buzzing to be taught and have a very good snicker with my professional. Get me on that dance ground…I can’t wait!”
Identical to Kanda, Thomas additionally shares his ancestry with India, as his grandfather is from Mumbai. In 2020, Thomas joined palms together with his brothers Ryan and Scott for a six-part ITV journey collection Completely India: Mancs in Mumbai the place they took their late father again to Mumbai to hint their heritage and long-lost relations and to see for the primary time the nation the place the brothers descended from.
In the meantime, Kanda and Thomas be part of Amanda Abbington, Angela Rippon, Layton Williams, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Eddie Kadi, Angela Scanlon, and Zara McDermot within the line-up, with a number of extra celebrities but to be revealed.
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