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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Entertainment
Jessica Sansome

BBC Strictly Come Dancing star quits as 2023 line-up and judges confirmed after Gorka Marquez and Shirley Ballas uncertainty

The first Strictly Come Dancing news of the year has arrived as the BBC has confirmed their flagship dancing show will return this autumn and has confirmed the 2023 line-up of presenters, judges and professional dancers.

The 21st series of the hit BBC One dance contest will see Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will be back in the ballroom overseeing proceedings each weekend as a host of brand-new celebrity contestants take to the floor in a bid to lift the coveted Glitterball Trophy.

Behind the judges' desk once again will be the acid-tongued adjudicator Craig Revel Horwood, Let’s Dance Germany judge Motsi Mabuse, NTA award-winning judge Anton Du Beke and The Queen of Latin Shirley Ballas who will return as head judge after there were some question marks over her future.

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