STRICTLY Come Dancing have signed up The Apprentice star Thomas Skinner for the new series.
The TV personality, 34, is set to dazzle BBC viewers with their moves as he takes to the dancefloor later this year.
Thomas joined host Sam Thompson today on Hits Radio to announce the exciting news, after The Sun first revealed in May that he had signed up.
He said: "I'm so looking forward to it, I'm excited, I'm buzzing.
"I cannot dance but I'm going to learn how to dance, I'm going to try and win it.
"It's my mum's favourite show, my mum absolutely loves it. I told a couple of my mates, none of them believed me.
"It's something completely out of my comfort zone.
"I'm going to be putting on the outfits, learning how to dance and just try my best."
The businessman, who took part on The Apprentice in 2019, said he will be taking part in his first Strictly training session tomorrow.
He said: "So tomorrow is when we first go and meet everyone.
"I've watched it in the past and they go 'yes' when they first meet their partner, do you actually think they're thinking that?"
Discussing if he's in shape ahead of the gruelling process, Thomas said: "Look at me, I've had a steak pie already for breakfast at half five. I wake up at 3am in the morning, I go to work early.
"When we go to work, we do a bit of wholesale, supply the market stalls, do the stalls ourselves and get the vans out for deliveries.
"Then we go to the cafe and if you're grafting all day on your feet, you don't want a little ham sandwich or a bowl of cereal."
Thomas is not afraid of criticism after and cheekily said he would "tell off" Craig Revel Horwood if he gives him a bad score.
But he added: "In all honesty, I'm going to take their advice on board and hopefully I do better than that," to which Sam said: "You lasted nine weeks on that."
Thomas joked: "But I lost every task."
Thomas became a breakout star from his series but was fired by Lord Alan Sugar in week nine.
This morning Thomas dropped a massive hint that he had signed up for the BBC dance competition.
The TV star shared a cheeky video from a cafe as he tucked into his "favourite breakfast" of pie, chips and veg.
While delivering a rousing speech about taking care of yourself and working hard, fans noticed that Tom's alphabet potatoes spelled the word 'Strictly'.
Strictly Pro Kai Widdrington posted clapping hands in the comments.
And ex-Towie star Ferne McCann said: "OH MY GOODNESS TOM! Strictly please no what an epic booking."
He will be joining a host of famous faces including an EastEnders actress, a Gladiator star, a former Love Islander and a YouTuber.
Yesterday two more celebrities were revealed be joining the 2025 series.
The latest names were announced on The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 this morning.
They are Drag Race star La Voix and rugby star Chris Robshaw.
La Voix said: "This is very exciting."
Scott then praised her outfit, with the drag star saying she was "channelling glitterball" before adding: "Strictly need to step up their game as I wear rhinestones on a daily basis."
Sportsman Chris declared that he was "so, so nervous" before saying: "I cannot dance and I'm looking forward to it."
La Voix was runner up on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, while Chris is the former captain of England's rugby union team and Harlequins RFC.
As Scott chatted to them about joining the show, Chris admitted: "My wife said 'when was the last time you put yourself out of comfort zone and put fear into you?'
"It's daunting and great to test yourself, but I've got two left feet."
Meanwhile La Voix - real name Chris Dennis - confessed that despite an extensive performing career, she is not known for being a dancing Queen.
The first name to be announced for the 2025 series was Gladiators star Nitro - real name Harry Aikines Aryeetey - who took in the Christmas Special last year.
He was quickly followed by Love Island winner Dani Dyer, Doctor Who star Alex Kingston and former footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
Representing soapland this year is EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal, who plays Suki Panesar.
The sixth celebrity to be confirmed was YouTube star George Clarke.
The Sun was first to confirm La Voix had signed up for Strictly, with a show insider saying: "Producers already trialled having a drag artist on the show in the form of Tayce who actually won the Christmas Special last year with Kai Widdrington.
“La Voix is a bit more of an old-school entertainer who’s a little closer to the traditional Strictly audience in terms of style and vibe.
“It’s just another example of the Strictly execs constantly pushing at the boundaries and making changes that the show’s audiences then have to adapt to.”
All your Strictly Come Dancing winners
Strictly first kicked off back in 2004, and over the years has crowned 21 winners.
Here is a full list of who has been lucky enough to win the famous Glitterball Trophy:
- 2004 - Natasha Kaplinsky
- 2004 - Jill Halfpenny
- 2005 - Darren Gough
- 2006 - Mark Ramprakash
- 2007 - Alesha Dixon
- 2008 - Tom Chambers
- 2009 - Chris Hollins
- 2010 - Kara Tointon
- 2011 - Harry Judd
- 2012 - Louis Smith
- 2013 - Abbey Clancy
- 2014 - Caroline Flack
- 2015 - Jay McGuiness
- 2016 - Ore Oduba
- 2017 - Joe McFadden
- 2018 - Stacey Dooley
- 2019 - Kelvin Fletcher
- 2020 - Bill Bailey
- 2021 - Rose Ayling-Ellis
- 2022 - Hamza Yassin
- 2023 - Ellie Leach
- 2024 - Chris McCausland
