This year’s 15 celebrity hopefuls include a 78-year-old former newsreader, a clutch of soap stars and some serious West End talent. Who will waltz off as the winner?
The 2023 Strictly Come Dancing lineup has been unveiled in full. The BBC ballroom contest returns for its 21st (I know, right?) series in September. After weeks of rumours about everyone from Jill Scott to Phillip Schofield, from Stuart Broad to the ghost of Logan Roy, our 15 brave ballroom celebrities are now officially confirmed. So who will be getting dipped in glue and rolled in glitter this autumn? Who might win? Who most definitely won’t? And who will lose several stone, have a massive midlife crisis and risk their marriage?
Dust off your scoring paddles as we proudly present this year’s choreographic crop, ranked from worst to best in terms of likely success. Let the self-conscious shimmying commence …
