BBC Strictly Coming Dancing fans 'excited' as EastEnders star joins Christmas special

On tonight’s BBC Strictly Come Dancing spinoff It Takes Two, there was a festive surprise for views as the latest celebrity to join the Christmas special was announced.

EastEnders Star Tamzin Outhwaite will be joining six other celebrities for a festive showdown on Christmas Day to become the Strictly Christmas Champion 2024. She will be dancing with Nikita to ‘Please come for Christmas by Kelly Clarkson’, to which unfortunately Tamzin was not excited about - as she had never heard of the song.

This is the fifth special for the show and some of the stars who have already been announced include RuPaul Drag Race star Tayce, Josh Widdecombe and Vogue Williams. 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 as well asthe voting studio audience.

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The last two celebrities of the line-up are to be announced very soon.

Fans took to X to show how excited they were about the news of Tamsin joining the Christmas special. @UllaMR #ItTakesTwo said: ”The fifth celebrity in Xmas #Strictly is Tamsin Outhwaite. Dancing with Nikita! So excited #StrictlyComeDancing.”

@RyanTheSoapking said: “OMG Tamzin Outhwaite is on the Xmas special #ItTakesTwo #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #EastEnders" and @PhillipaAshley said: “Tamzin Outhwaite looks great on #strictly #ItTakesTwo.”

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