鈥淪TRICTLY... ARE YOU READY?! Nitro鈥檚 blasting onto the Ballroom floor this Christmas! I鈥檓 swapping my trainers for dancing shoes, and trust me, I鈥檓 bringing the power, the energy and the moves! This December I'm gonna light up that dancefloor and crank the Christmas spirit all the way UP. Let鈥檚 do this!鈥
The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special is back! As the Ballroom is once again transformed into a magical winter wonderland, the fourth celebrity behind the all-star advent calendar doors this year has been revealed.
On Strictly: It Takes Two on 大象传媒 Two and iPlayer, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey or Nitro from Gladiators was announced as the fourth celebrity included in 2024鈥檚 Christmas line up. He will be paired with Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Nancy Xu.
Expect festive cheer, jingle bells, mistletoe madness, bedazzling baubles and six celebrities all sleighing their way to Elstree in a bid to be crowned the Strictly Christmas Champion 2024.
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey or Nitro is a Gladiator and Olympian.
In 2023 Harry was . He is also a Team GB sprinter, Commonwealth and World gold medallist sprinter. Harry has competed at the highest level in the UK since his youth. After becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships, he won 2005 大象传媒 Young Sports Personality of the Year age 17.
Harry has gone on to win gold 4 x in the men鈥檚 100m European Championships and at the Commonwealth Games. His long list of achievements include: 2 x Olympian, 3 x European Champion, 2x Commonwealth Champion, 1x Commonwealth Silver Medallist, 1x European Bronze Medallist, 1x World Bronze Medallist, 1x British Champion, 2x World Youth Champion and 1x World Junior Champion.
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey says: 鈥淪TRICTLY... ARE YOU READY?! Nitro鈥檚 blasting onto the Ballroom floor this Christmas! I鈥檓 swapping my trainers for dancing shoes, and trust me, I鈥檓 bringing the power, the energy and the moves! This December I'm gonna light up that dancefloor and crank the Christmas spirit all the way UP. Let鈥檚 do this!鈥
In the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, produced by 大象传媒 Studios, each of the six couples will perform a festive fuelled routine in the hope of impressing the judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas, and the voting studio audience. But who will emerge the Christmas star of the evening, and lift the sought after Christmas trophy?
The remaining Christmas line up will be announced on Strictly: It Takes Two in due course.
The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special will air on 大象传媒 One and 大象传媒 iPlayer on Christmas Day
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