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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Jacob Stolworthy and Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Chris McCausland: Strictly’s first blind celebrity hoping to lift Glitterball trophy

Chris McCausland has wowed the Strictly Come Dancing judges on the 20th anniversary series as the show’s first ever blind celebrity contestant.

McCausland lost his sight when he was 22 due to a hereditary condition called retinitis pigmentosa.

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