5-time Paralympic champion and broadcaster Ellie Simmonds has been introduced because the sixth celeb to take to the ballroom ground this autumn in Strictly Come Dancing.
She joins Will Mellor, Kym Marsh, Kaye Adam, Richie Anderson and Jayde Adams within the line-up thus far unveiled for the 2022 sequence.
Upon the information being introduced, Ellie stated: ‘Oh my gosh!! I’m actually bursting with pleasure!! It’s been soooo exhausting conserving this secret as I’ve wished to inform everybody. I’m happening Strictly Come Dancing!!’
‘I’m a tad nervous too, nicely greater than a tad… I’m completely petrified!’ she admitted.
‘To be requested to be a part of the Strictly household is simply so thrilling and I can not wait, it’s going to a lot enjoyable. I’m counting down the minutes till it begins; studying to bop, assembly my companion and everybody else concerned within the present. Plus carrying the sequins and all that, it’s going to be a blast.’
A life-long fan of the present, she added: ‘I’ve been watching Strictly from way back to I can keep in mind; it’s a standard lead as much as Christmas with my household and it’s a real privilege to be a part of it.’
Ellie, 27, is a retired Paralympic swimmer, who first rose to prominence over a decade in the past, successful two golds for Staff GB on the Beijing 2008 Paralympics – when she was simply aged 13.
Later that very same 12 months, she was topped BBC’s Younger Sports activities Character of the Yr.
In 2009, Ellie – who was born with achondroplasia dwarfism – additionally made historical past because the youngest individual to obtain an MBE from The Queen, aged 14, earlier than being elevated to OBE within the 2013 New Years Honours for companies to Paralympic sport.
Her success continued on the London 2012 Paralympics, the place she gained an additional two gold medals and set a world report within the 400m freestyle.
She added an additional gold medal to her heaul on the Rio Paralympics in 2016, the place, setting a world report this time for the 200m medley.
Ellie has since pivoted to broadcasting, commentating on this summer time’s Commonwealth Video games.
Earlier this 12 months, the sportswoman was additionally on screens as she fronted a documentary investigating a controversial new drug created to permit kids with achondroplasia dwarfism to develop nearer to a median top.
What we learn about Strictly Come Dancing 2022 thus far
Who're the judges?
Head decide Shirley Ballas will probably be joined as soon as once more by fellow judges Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse.
Anton Du Beke can even be returning to evaluate, after it was confirmed that he can be formally changing Bruno Tonioli.
Who're the brand new skilled dancers?
There are 4 new professionals becoming a member of the line-up: Vito Coppola, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley and Michelle Tsiakkas.
Which skilled dancers have left?
After the 2021 season, it was introduced that fan-favourite professionals Oti Mabuse and Aljaž Škorjanec wouldn't be returning for the 2022 sequence.
Will there be a studio viewers?
Sure – following previous restrictions put in place as a result of pandemic, the total studio viewers is ready to return this 12 months, whereas the see-through dividers between the judges can even be eliminated.
When is the present returning?
The BBC has revealed that the launch present for the 2022 sequence is because of be recorded on Wednesday September 7.
Subsequently, it’s doubtless that it's going to air a couple of days afterward Saturday September 10, though the precise date of the primary episode is but to be disclosed.
Discover out extra about Strictly 2022 right here.
Ellie will battle it out on the dancefloor in a bid to impress judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.
This 12 months’s sequence welcomes 4 new skilled dancers to the present too, as Strictly marks its biggest-ever professional forged with the addition of Vito Coppola, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley and Michelle Tsiakkas.
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