Actuality stars Pete Wicks and Tasha Ghouri are the most recent celebrities to be introduced for the upcoming sequence of Strictly Come Dancing.

Particulars of the 2024 contestants have been confirmed every day this week, with Go Evaluate singer Wynne Evans, singer and actress Toyah Willcox, TV physician Punam Krishan, comic Chris McCausland and JLS star JB Gill already confirmed.

The brand new bulletins come amid the scandal presently dealing with the hit BBC sequence, with an investigation into allegations of abusive behaviour behind the scenes going down.

Wicks, who rose to fame on The Solely Approach Is Essex, was congratulated by his pal and 2023 Strictly contestant Zara McDermott – one of many celebrities who has made allegations about her time on the present.

Nevertheless, she mentioned she had “by no means been so excited” as she shared his information on social media.

Wicks and Ghouri had been revealed on the Kiss FM breakfast present, with Wicks saying he was feeling “a mix of excited and completely petrified, genuinely petrified”.

Discussing his largest worry about collaborating, he mentioned: “The factor persons are most nervous about is falling flat in your face so it is most likely that.

“There’s a number of stairs, it is not even the dancing, individuals run up the steps to speak to Tess [Daly] and Claudia [Winkleman] and I’ll most likely simply slide again down.”

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Ghouri, who was born deaf and makes use of a cochlear implant, discovered fame on Love Island in 2022, when she met boyfriend Andrew Le Web page.

In keeping with press stories, she additionally beforehand dated former Strictly dancer Giovanni Pernice, one of many stars embroiled within the scandal. He left the present earlier this 12 months and has denied allegations of any “abusive or threatening behaviour”.

Following her time on Love Island, Ghouri has turn out to be a campaigner for the deaf group and labored with Downing Avenue and the Division for Schooling.

Requested on the radio present which skilled associate she wish to be paired with on Strictly, she mentioned: “I do have a dream of who I might like to be with, I’ve not even met them but. It will be Jojo (Johannes Radebe), I might like to work with him.”

Ghouri is a skilled dancer however mentioned Strictly can be a brand new expertise.

“I’ve not danced in fairly a couple of years now, since Love Island my profession has modified a lot,” she mentioned. “I may not be good at it, like ballet, I am not good at ballet, I am skilled in industrial, so I am excited to be taught these new kinds.”

Ghouri follows within the footsteps of the present’s first deaf contestant Rose Ayling-Ellis, who gained Strictly’s coveted glitterball trophy when partnered with Pernice in 2021.

McCausland, who was the primary superstar introduced for this 12 months, is the present’s first blind contestant.

Who else is anticipated?

Extra celebrities are anticipated to be introduced within the coming days.

Different stars who will reportedly be a part of the line-up embody DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles, former Arsenal footballer Paul Merson, EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick, X Issue winner Shayne Ward and Olympian Sam Quek.

Gladiators star Montell Douglas, higher referred to as Hearth, and Miranda actress Sarah Hadland have additionally signed up, in keeping with The Solar.

Unofficially, Olympic swimmer Tom Dean has additionally let slip that he might be taking to the dance ground.

Following the controversy over the alleged mistreatment of contestants on the present, the BBC has introduced new strategies to “strengthen welfare and assist” for the upcoming sequence, together with including chaperones to be current throughout coaching room rehearsals “always”.

The outcomes of its investigation launched within the wake of the allegations haven’t but been revealed.