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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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Three more Strictly Come Dancing contestants announced on The One Show

The new trio join in the BBC dance contest alongside Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, who was announced earlier on Monday.

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2025 line-up as first four stars announced - Birmingham Live

The popular show will be returning to TV screens in the coming weeks

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Strictly fans 'underwhelmed' as football icon, Doctor Who star and Love Island legend join line-up

Strictly Come Dancing fans have expressed their shock after three new celebrities were confirmed for this year's line-up.On Monday morning, Gladiators star Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey, also known as "Nitro" was announced as the first star to be competing. Later, three further famous faces were revealed on The One Show, with Love Island star Dani Dyer, former footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Alex Kingston announced, prompting mixed respon…

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Leicestershire Gladiators star signs up for Strictly Come Dancing

Nitro is getting his dancing shoes on

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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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Strictly Come Dancing first contestant announced and star has been on it before

The reveal came in a playful twist during a live appearance on CBBC’s Newsround

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