Former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley is among the Strictly contestants this year (Matt Crossick/PA)
All of the contestants for this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing have now been revealed.
The 2019 crop includes soap stars, sports stars, a Viscountess and a YouTuber.
Here are the 15 hopefuls:
Goalkeeper David James won 53 England caps and has played for teams including Liverpool, Aston Villa and Portsmouth (Jonathan Brady)Chris Ramsey is a comedian, TV star and podcaster (Jonathan Brady/PA)EastEnders veteran Emma Barton is a self-confessed Strictly super-fan (Jonathan Brady/PA)YouTube star Saffron Barker has an impressive four million followers on social media (Ian West/PA)Catherine Tyldesley will swap the Corrie cobbles for the Strictly dancefloor (Matt Crossick/PA)Mike Bushell presents sports bulletins on BBC Breakfast (Ian West/PA)Children’s TV star Karim Zeroual is hoping to see “sequins galore” (BBC/PA)Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth. She is a chef, while her family runs Longleat safari park (Ian West/PA)Michelle Visage is a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race (Matt Alexander/PA)Table tennis Paralympic champion Will Bayley (Adam Davy/PA)Jamie Laing has starred in E4’s structured reality series Made In Chelsea since 2011 (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA)Former Arsenal and England player Alex Scott is now a football pundit (Mike Egerton/PA)Dev Griffin presents BBC Radio 1’s weekend afternoon show (Ian West/PA)Olympic rower James Cracknell will take to the dancefloor (Jonathan Brady/PA)TV veteran Anneka Rice will take up a new challenge on Strictly (Ian West/PA)
In Pictures: This year’s Strictly Come Dancing contestants
