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Tamzin Outhwaite is the fifth celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2024

Tamzin Outhwaite is an actress

Published: 06:36 pm, 20 November 2024
Tamzin Outhwaite wears a beige cardigan and is pictured against a backdrop of animated snowy Christmas trees
I’m so excited to swap the stage for the Strictly Ballroom this Christmas. I’m used to performing in front of a live audience, but this is a whole new experience. I can’t wait to immerse myself in all things glitter and sequins, let’s hope the judges show Nikita and I some extra festive cheer this Christmas!
— Tamzin Outhwaite

The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special is back! As the Ballroom is once again transformed into a magical winter wonderland, the fifth celebrity behind the all-star advent calendar doors this year has been revealed.

On Strictly: It Takes Two on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two and iPlayer, Tamzin Outhwaite was announced as the fifth celebrity included in 2024’s Christmas line up, she will be paired with Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin.

Expect festive cheer, jingle bells, mistletoe madness, bedazzling baubles and six celebrities all sleighing their way to Elstree in a bid to be crowned the Strictly Christmas Champion 2024.

Tamzin Outhwaite is an actress.

Tamzin is a multi-award winning actress from stage and screen. She is best known for her series leading roles including DCI Sasha Miller in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s New Tricks, Hotel Babylon and Murder Is Easy - to name a few. She also starred in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ continuing drama, EastEnders, as Mel Owen. In film, Tamzin was in Out Of Control and joined an all-star cast in Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, including Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and Robbie Coltrane. Her recent theatre roles include Abigail’s Party at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and the West End revival of Noises Off.

Tamzin said: “I’m so excited to swap the stage for the Strictly Ballroom this Christmas. I’m used to performing in front of a live audience, but this is a whole new experience. I can’t wait to immerse myself in all things glitter and sequins, let’s hope the judges show Nikita and I some extra festive cheer this Christmas!â€

In the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, produced by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Studios, each of the six couples will perform a festive fuelled routine in the hope of impressing the judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Head Judge Shirley Ballas, and the voting studio audience. But who will emerge the Christmas star of the evening, and lift the sought after Christmas trophy?

The final Christmas celebrity contestant will be announced on Strictly: It Takes Two on Thursday 21 December.

The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special will air on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer on Christmas Day

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