Tony Adams

Tony Adams will be the 11th contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Kaye and Jayde were the first two contestants with the same name to be in this year's series.

The line-up includes Molly Rainford, Tyler West, Will Mellor, and others.

Tony Adams said that he was excited.

I swapped my old football boots for a set of Strictly soft shoes because of the lure of the sequin and call of the salsa.

This year is the 20th anniversary of Strictly Come Dancing and I am very excited to be doing my best. I want to start dancing with my partner.

Adams founded a charity to help sports people with mental health and addiction issues after he was made an MBE for his services to football.

Adams will be a contestant on this year's Strictly.

In September, the dancing competition is going to be on the air.

Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke
Image caption, Strictly judges L-R: Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke

The Strictly judging panel will be back this year.

They will be joined once again by Du Beke, who has been in charge for a long time.

There will be more contestants in the near future. So far, the celebrities confirmed to participate are:

Molly Rainford

The 10th contestant in this year's Strictly Come Dancing was announced earlier in the day.

The actress said she was excited to be a part of the show.

I've watched it for a long time and can't wait to meet the pros and other competitors. I want to learn how to dance.

The star was the youngest ever finalist of Britain's Got Talent when he was 11 years old.

She went on to do a scholarship at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and is currently starring in the show Nova Jones.

Her biggest single, Commitment, has racked up millions of streams and she has released twoEPs.

Matt Goss

The ninth contestant was announced on Monday.

He said that he was very nervous and excited but that he was very supple from the knees down.

Push, the debut album of Bros, went Platinum seven times after its release in 1988, making it the most successful album of all time.

After the Screaming Stops, a Bros documentary, won a Bafta and a National Television award.

Ellie Simmonds
Image caption, Ellie Simmonds said she was excited to be taking part in the long-running dancing show

The youngest British athlete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing at the age of 13 was named Young Sports Personality of the Year by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

She admitted she was petrified when she joined the show.

"I'm so excited, I just want to enjoy every second and try out the costumes," she said.

I will be the first dwarf on the show and I want to show that being different is not bad.

She said it would be difficult, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

She won two gold medals in the 400m freestyle event. At London 2012 and Rio 2016 he won three golds.

After retiring from competitive swimming in 2020 she went on to present for the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Kym Marsh
Image caption, Marsh appeared in Coronation Street and was previously a member of pop group Hear'Say

She has appeared in The Syndicate and has hosted Morning Live for the British Broadcasting Corporation.

She told the radio station that she's looking forward to it.

Hear'Say was created on the talent show Popstars in the early noughties.

It's been a long time since I've been on stage, so it's going to be difficult, but I'm up for it.

She joked that she would be fine with it because she was judged by a bad guy in Popstars.

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"Excited is one word for it, terrified is another", says Mellor on being in Strictly line-up.

Hollyoaks, Casualty, and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps are just a few of the shows that Mellor has appeared in.

He said he was very excited to be a part of the show.

"It's getting a bit frightening now that I'm on the show."

He said that it depended on what you called well. I dance in the kitchen or at parties, but nothing like this, I'm not used to it.

He said that his mindset had changed and that he needed to do things that scared him.

I lost my father in 2020 and I have to grab life. I need to make new memories.

When I Need You was ranked number five in the UK singles chart.

He co-hosted a live version of the popular show with Will and Ralf.

Tyler West

West, who hosts afternoon shows on radio station Kiss, said he was so gassed to be joining the Strictly family.

"It's going to be one crazy incredible journey which will no doubt be so far away from my comfort zone," West said.

It's a show that means a lot to me and my family, and I can't wait to dance on that shiny dance floor.

West was nominated for best new presenting at the 2020 Arias, an awards ceremony which recognizes talent in the radio industry.

He has hosted MTV News and the red carpet live show at the Bafta Awards.

He was the host of The MTV Movie Show as well as co-hosting Flat Out Fabulous on the British Broadcasting Corporation's three-part series.

Kaye Adams
Image caption, Radio and TV presenter Kaye Adams is one of the main anchors of ITV's Loose Women

Kaye Adams is a well-known television personality.

She said that she wanted to make the last year of her fifties memorable and that she could not think of a better way to do it. I need you to pray for me.

She is the host of the morning show on the radio station.

She began her career as a news journalist and later presented programmes for various TV channels.

How to be 60 with Kaye Adams was started this year as well.

Ellie Taylor

Taylor said that she and her mother had watched the show for a long time and that she was "over the moon" to be a part of it.

Taylor, who is known as a guest star on award-winning Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, was announced as the latest contestant on Tuesday morning.

She said that she should be covered in fake tan and rolled in sequined clothes.

I'm very excited to be a part of the show. I've watched the show for a long time and to be able to dance on it is a dream come true for me and my mother.

"At the moment I'm focused on the excitement and glitter and choosing to ignore the fact that I have the dancing ability of a newly born giraffe," said the star, who last year had a bestselling debut book. "Go ahead and do it!"

Jayde Adams
Image caption, Jayde Adams is best known as a comedian

A fifth contestant was announced as a comedian.

She said in a statement that she couldn't start to express her feelings. It means a lot to me and my family.

Jayde Adams has won a number of comedy awards and is an actor.

She had been a fan of the show for a long time.

She said that she had watched it since she was trying to get on Strictly.

I can't believe I have done this, I feel like I'm watching myself in a dream. It has been torturous for me to hold this in.

Richie Anderson
Image caption, Anderson, who reads the travel on Radio 2, described Strictly as the "ultimate feel-good show"

He has helped cover the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the station and has also read travel on several shows. He is a reporter for The One Show.

He said joining Strictly was a dream come true and he couldn't wait to start.

Anderson said that Strictly is the ultimate feel-good show as soon as he hears the famous theme tune.

He joked that his friends and family would understand, "I'm going to have to cancel my legendary Strictly launch night kitchen party that I throw every year."

Anderson will be the third celebrity contestant to compete with a same-sex partner.

It would have been amazing for him to see something like that when he was growing up.

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