I am utterly terrified this will end in humiliation and worried I鈥檓 going to be so bad I will ruin Christmas for the nation. Why have I done this?
The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special is back! As the Ballroom is once again transformed into a magical winter wonderland, the first 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, Josh Widdicombe was announced as the first celebrity included in 2024鈥檚 Christmas line up. He will be paired with Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Karen Hauer.
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.
Josh is a comedian, podcaster and author.
Stand-up comedian Josh Widdicombe has starred in over thirty series of Channel 4鈥檚 The Last Leg as a team captain. Josh co-hosts the hugely successful podcast Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and has written two Sunday Times Bestselling books. He has appeared on multiple comedy panel shows including Smart TV, QI, A League Of Their Own, Have I Got News For You and Taskmaster, to name a few. He's performed onstage at the Royal Albert Hall for The Royal Variety Performance and hosted Live At The Apollo.
Josh Widdicombe says: 鈥淚 am utterly terrified this will end in humiliation and worried I鈥檓 going to be so bad I will ruin Christmas for the nation. Why have I done 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.
Strictly Come Dancing is a 大象传媒 Studios Entertainment Production for 大象传媒 One and 大象传媒 iPlayer, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the 大象传媒. The Executive Producer for 大象传媒 Studios is Sarah James, the Christmas Series Editor is Kim Allinson and the Series Editors are Nicola Fitzgerald and Jack Gledhill and the Series Producers are Ciara Murray and Joe Turner. The Senior Commissioning Editor for the 大象传媒 is Jo Wallace.
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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