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Strictly Come Dancing 2025 First Contestant Announced as BBC Star Who Has Been on the Show Before - Liverpool Echo

UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 11 – Olympian and Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey returns to Strictly after the 2024 Christmas special, bringing energy and experience to the 2025 series starting this September.

  • On Monday , Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Olympian sprinter and Gladiators star, revealed as the first Strictly Come Dancing 2025 contestant during a CBBC Newsround prank.
  • Ahead of its September 20, 2025 launch, Olympian sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was revealed as the first Strictly Come Dancing 2025 contestant during a CBBC Newsround prank.
  • Aikines-Aryeetey has won gold at both the World Youth Championships and is a two-time Commonwealth champion, with a decorated athletic career.
  • On Monday, three more celebrities, including two unnamed Strictly stars, will be announced amid reports of an internal BBC investigation, BBC says.
  • This autumn, Strictly Come Dancing, BBC One series, will return with two new professional dancers, and bosses are considering random drug checks for next year’s tour.
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First Strictly Come Dancing star confirmed for 2025 as this Gladiators icon

The first Strictly Come Dancing star for 2025 series has officially been confirmed this morning (August 11) - meet BBC Gladiators icon Nitro.

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Daily Mirror broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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