Strictly Come Dancing tour 2022: Strictly celebrity line up revealed for Glasgow live tour dates

The BBC’s insanely popular Strictly Come Dancing will sashay its way to Glasgow as part of its 2022 live tour – and the celebrities taking part have now been announced.

The stars of Strictly Come Dancing are heading to Glasgow in 2022.

Fan favourites John Whaite and Johannes Radebe, and Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice, will get their dancing shoes on again.

Other pairs from this year’s Strictly line-up include Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin, Sara Davies and Aljaz Skorjanec, AJ Odudu and Kai Widdrington, and CBBC star Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu.

The Wanted singer Max George, who competed on Strictly in 2020, will also join the 2022 tour, paired with Katya Jones.

The couples will take to the road for more than 30 shows – including performances at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro from 5 to 7 February – with Strictly professionals Amy Dowden, Neil Jones, Luba Mushtuk and Jowita Przystal also involved.

Previously, it was announced that judges Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas and Bruno Tonioli will be part of the tour line-up, marking Tonioli’s Strictly return after he missed this year’s show due to uncertainty over travel as he is based in the US.

Strictly professional Janette Manrara will host the 2022 tour, after she hung up her dancing shoes this year to replace Zoe Ball as the host of It Takes Two.

EastEnders actress Ayling-Ellis, TV presenter Odudu, former Great British Bake Off winner Whaite and TV star Stephenson will all be competing in this weekend’s Strictly semi-final, hoping to secure a spot in the final.

Ayling-Ellis, 27, who is the first deaf contestant in the show’s history, said: “I have loved every minute of my Strictly journey so far, so to be able to continue it on the live tour next year is so exciting.”

This year Whaite and Radebe made history as the show’s first all-male pairing.

Whaite said: “I’m so excited to continue this sparkling journey with Johannes on the Strictly tour. More sheer tops, more spray tans and more tight trousers? Yes Please!”

Dragon’s Den star Davies said of going on tour: “I loved my Strictly experience – it was my absolute dream to take part in and, as viewers saw, I wasn’t quite ready for it to end.

“Going on tour will give me the chance to dance with Aljaz again – who has told me what an amazing experience it is. To meet the fans and perform in from of a live audience – will be the icing on the cake for me – I can’t wait!”

Social media star Ramsay, whose father is Scottish celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, said: “Taking part in Strictly over the last 10 weeks was the best! A life changing experience where I learnt to dance and made friends for life.

“I’m so excited to now have the opportunity to be a part of the Strictly tour. I’m going to take all the fun from the TV studio to the venues around the country and I can’t wait to dance with a real live audience. See you there!”

– The Strictly Come Dancing Live tour visits Glasgow’s OVO Hydro from 5 to 7 February, with tickets available from https://strictlycomedancinglive.com/

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