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Celebrity Gogglebox announces BBC Strictly Come Dancing stars as new duo

Former Strictly Come Dancing stars Ellie Simmonds and Richie Anderson are set to join the Celebrity Gogglebox cast.

The Channel 4 show confirmed the news on their official Twitter account, as they told fans: "Waltzing their way to #CelebrityGogglebox from the #Strictly Ballroom, give a warm welcome to @EllieSimmonds1 and @richie_anderson!, Catch them tomorrow at 9pm, @Channel4."

Sharing his exciting new TV venture, Richie wrote on social media: "Snacks (tick emoji) drinks (tick emoji) comfys on (tick emoji) grab the remote and get us on that sofa. Excited to be putting the telly world to rights with my beautiful friend and Strictly sis @elliesimmonds on this series of Channel 4’s Celebrity Gogglebox.

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"Can’t wait for you to join us our beautiful blue sofa in Birmingham. We’ll be making our debut this Friday."

Ellie, who was paired up with Nikita Kuzmin and Richie, who was paired up with Giovanni Pernice, both appeared as contestants on the BBC hit show last year.

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While on Strictly, the pair struck up a firm friendship and now they will be swapping the famous ballroom for a comfy space on the sofa, where they will share their opinions on the week's trending TV shows and films.

During last week's episode, Gogglebox fans went crazy as two of the country's favourite TV celebrities reunited.

Ricky Tomlinson, 83, and Sue Johnston, 79, are best known as Jim and Barb Royle from the BBC TV series The Royle Family. The iconic duo came together 11 years after the show ended.

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