Definitely Come Dance has announced its first celebrity contestant for the 2024 Christmas special.

task manager And Last Leg star Josh Widdicombe will be on stage for a long time Definitely professional dancer Karen Hauer in the next chapter.

“I am extremely afraid that this will result in humiliation and I worry that I will be so bad that I will ruin Christmas for the nation,” he said in a statement about his involvement. “Why did I do this?”

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Josh is one of six celebrities to compete for this year’s Christmas Glitter Ball award.

Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and chief judge shirley ballas Everyone will be back for the festival special critiquing and scoring routines delivered by celebrities.

The winner will be determined by the studio audience, who will vote for their favorite during the pre-recorded show.

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The festive special usually airs on BBC One on the evening of Christmas Day, but the exact date and time are yet to be confirmed by the broadcaster.

“Expect festive cheer, tinkling bells, mistletoe madness, dazzling baubles and six celebrities heading to Elstree in a sleigh and claiming the title of world’s greatest queen. Definitely Christmas Champion 2024” teases the official show synopsis.

I saw last year’s show EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick and professional partner Nancy Xu win the 2023 special award With a perfect score of 40 out of 40.

Celebrity Christmas pageant historian Dan Snow and professional Nadiya Bychkova, rugby star Danny Cipriani and professional Jowita Przystał, Sugababes’ Keisha Buchanan and professional Gorka Márquez, BBC Breakfast news reader Sally Nugent and professional Graziano Di Prima’ He struggled with the competition of . Waterloo RoadTillie Amartey and professional Neil Jones.

Borthwick is currently appearing in the series 2024. Definitely Come Dance partnered with new professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas.

Definitely Come Dance It airs on BBC One on Saturdays and is being released as a spin-off Definitely: It Takes Two It airs weekday evenings on BBC Two. Both programs can be watched on BBC iPlayer.

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