DJ and presenter Rickie Haywood-Williams and podcaster Rosie Ramsey have been announced as the first two contestants for Strictly Come Dancing’s Christmas special.
Haywood-Williams will be partnered with professional dancer Luba Mushtuk as he seeks to claim victory in the festive version of the BBC One show. He presented the Kiss FM breakfast show for 10 years before moving to the BBC, where he hosts Radio 1’s Live Lounge show with Melvin Odoom and Charlie Hedges.
After the news was announced on Radio 1, he said: “I have watched Strictly over the years and always said I’d be too scared to do it. But here I am ready to go for it, sequins and all.”
