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Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed its first personage for nan 2024 series.
Blind comedian Chris McCausland appeared connected This Morning to uncover his excitement astatine appearing connected nan BBC show.
The signing is simply a first for nan creation title which antecedently featured deaf EastEnders character Rose Ayling-Ellis who won nan glitterball trophy alongside Giovanni Pearce successful 2021.
Comedian and CBeebies character Chris, 46, mislaid his show aged 22 owed to a hereditary condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed its first personage for nan 2024 series. Blind comedian Chris McCausland appeared connected This Morning to uncover his excitement astatine appearing connected nan BBC show
Chris has been a comedian for complete 2 decades and is simply a regular look connected flagship drama shows for illustration Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You?, QI, The Last Leg, and 8 retired of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
He has appeared connected Live astatine nan Apollo 3 times, hosting successful 2021, a twelvemonth that besides saw him make his highly acclaimed debut quality connected The Royal Variety Performance.
Chris presently hosts his ain Saturday greeting chat show for ITV: The Chris McCausland Show. He has besides co-written and stars successful Bad Tidings a festive family drama movie that will premier for Sky this Christmas.
The comedian said of his adjacent venture: 'If anybody retired location is reasoning - How nan hellhole is he going to do that? - past remainder assured that I americium reasoning precisely nan aforesaid thing.
'I don't dance, I haven't danced, I can't dance, I can't spot nan dancing I will person to do. What tin perchance spell wrong? Ok don't reply that…!'
The Liverpool-born prima shares his girl Sophie pinch woman Patricia.
This Morning hosts Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle will beryllium revealing nan 2nd celeb contestant later connected Monday's show.
The presenting duo teased clues passim nan show and said location would beryllium a 'big sparkly reveal'.
The first hint showed nan backmost of a man's caput successful nan dressing room - pinch impermanent Giles Brandreth branding them a 'remarkable' person.
Chris joked that 'this is virtually nan worst kept concealed that has ever been successful British television,' aft his engagement was first reported past month.
'It's been exhausting keeping it a concealed erstwhile everyone other seems to know.'
'I kept it a concealed for truthful agelong and past it was successful nan papers, astatine slightest I tin admit it alternatively than going "I don't cognize what you're connected about".
Strictly has been plunged into chaos successful caller weeks arsenic a number of allegations of maltreatment from professionals person travel to light.
The ungraded erupted erstwhile character Amanda Abbington discontinue nan show past twelvemonth earlier claiming that her partner Giovanni Pernice was abusive towards her - later leaving nan show.
Strictly has been plunged into chaos successful caller weeks arsenic a number of allegations of maltreatment from professionals person travel to light. Graziano Di Prima has been sacked for 'kicking' his 2023 partner Zara McDermott
Actress Amanda Abbington complained that master dancer Giovanni Pernice bullied her during their rehearsals past twelvemonth - allegations he powerfully denies
Soon aft it emerged that Graziano Di Prima had been sacked for 'kicking' his partner Love Island prima Zara McDermott.
Last week Laura Whitmore accused BBC bosses of 'gaslighting' her complete her Strictly acquisition pinch Giovanni .
The TV presenter, 39, who was collaborated pinch nan Italian dancer, 33, connected nan show successful 2016, precocious confirmed she'd spoken to nan show astir Giovanni's 'inappropriate behaviour', pursuing her claims that she initially raised concerns to nan BBC six years ago.
And successful a melodramatic caller statement, nan prima has shed much ray connected her Strictly experience, telling really it's 'all coming retired now' amid nan flurry of accusations against nan show and its master dancers.
Despite nan flurry of allegations, Strictly is ploughing up pinch its 2024 series, pinch nan afloat lineup owed to beryllium confirmed successful nan coming days.
Earlier this period it was revealed TOWIE prima Pete Wicks has signed up, contempt nan news his adjacent pal Zara McDermott was physically and verbally abused by her master creation partner Graziano Di Prima past year.
Meanwhile ex Arsenal subordinate Paul Merson and DIY SOS prima Nick Knowles person besides reportedly put connected their dancing shoes.
