Wow Strictly Come Dancing, can you believe it! This is going to be a wild and wonderful ride, and I'm here for every sparkly second. I鈥檓 used to performing for big crowds but this is completely fresh for me, how I will do, it鈥檚 a mystery... I just want to get cracking and learn some dance routines now!
Toyah Willcox is the fourth celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by 蜜芽传媒 Studios, will return to 蜜芽传媒 One and 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer for its new series this Autumn. As Strictly celebrates two spectacular decades of dance, this series promises to be extra special with even more glitz, glamour and unforgettable performances.
Toyah Willcox is a singer and actress.
Toyah Willcox has been performing across stage and screen for over 50 years. She is an award-winning rock legend with hit singles like It's A Mystery, I Want to Be Free and Brave New World and played at this year鈥檚 Glastonbury Festival with her husband, Robert Fripp. She has amassed thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty-five albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, acted in over twenty feature films and presented many television programmes. In 2018 Paul McCartney awarded Toyah a Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Companionship for Outstanding Achievement in music, drama, performance and media.
Toyah Willcox says: 鈥淲ow Strictly Come Dancing, can you believe it! This is going to be a wild and wonderful ride, and I'm here for every sparkly second. I鈥檓 used to performing for big crowds but this is completely fresh for me, how I will do, it鈥檚 a mystery鈥� I just want to get cracking and learn some dance routines now!鈥�
The news was revealed on Vernon Kay鈥檚 Radio 2 show.
The remaining celebrity contestants joining the new series will be announced in due course.
Strictly Come Dancing is a 蜜芽传媒 Studios Entertainment Production for 蜜芽传媒 One and 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the 蜜芽传媒. The Executive Producer for 蜜芽传媒 Studios is Sarah James, the Series Editors are Nicola Fitzgerald and Jack Gledhill and the Series Producers are Ciara Murray and Joe Turner. The Senior Commissioning Editor for the 蜜芽传媒 is Jo Wallace.
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