Brian McFadden joins Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
Brian McFadden will appear on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.
Brian McFadden is set to star on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.
The 45-year-old singer - who rose to fame as a member of Westlife, the chart-topping boy band - has been confirmed as the sixth celebrity to take part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.
Brian - who will dance with Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas - said: "I’m delighted to be a part of the Strictly Christmas special.
"We are big fans of Strictly in our house so to be dancing on Christmas Day on such a magical show will make it a Christmas to remember."
Brian will soon appear on the Christmas Special alongside Scarlett Moffatt, Melanie Blatt, Jodie Ounsley, Nicholas Bailey, and Babatunde Aleshe.
Meanwhile, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman recently announced plans to leave Strictly Come Dancing at the end of the current series.
The co-hosts said: "We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream.
"We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time. We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.
"We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza."
Sarah James, the executive producer of Strictly Come Dancing, also paid a glowing tribute to the co-hosts.
Sarah said: "Tess and Claudia are quite simply the best duo of presenters in the business and we are so lucky to have had them as our Strictly anchors for so many years.
"They have championed countless celebrities on the dancefloor, led us all through two series during the pandemic but more importantly they have a deep and genuine bond with the show and every single member of the team. The Strictly Family is often referred to and these women are the matriarchs of that family."
