Four new professional dancers are set to join the Strictly Come Dancing line-up when the BBC competition returns to our screens later this year. The 20th series of the hit show will see two new male dancers and two new female dancers paired with celebrity contestants.
Vito Coppola, Carlos Gu will be joining the male professionals challenging for the Glitterball Trophy. Meanwhile, Michelle Tsiakkas and Lauren Oakley are also set to become household names among Strictly fans by joining the female pros.
The four new additions will join seasoned pros Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Cameron Lombard, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Giovanni Pernice, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Kai Widdrington and Nancy Xu as part of the biggest line-up in Strictly history, The Mirror reports . Here’s a bit more about each of the new dancers.