World News – GB – Strictly Come Dancing 2020 couples announced ahead of live shows

The hit BBC One has returned to the screens to add a lot of sparkle to what has been a rather lackluster year

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will return to the front of the popular show, but who will they welcome on the dance floor?

Kelvin Fletcher, 36, won the sparkle ball trophy last year after wowing judges and viewers with his professional partner Oti Mabuse

Many stars from Eastenders, Good Morning Britain, BBC Radio 1 and beyond will be heading to the ballroom this year

But who Maisie Smith, Jamie Laing, Max George and Ravir Singh have teamed up with? Read ahead to find out

Men Behaving Badly star Caroline Quentin, 60, was taken to Shakespeare’s Globe in London to meet her dance partner

She jumped for joy when it was revealed that she would team up with Johannes, 33

Caroline admitted Johannes was the dancer she hoped to be paired with as he is able to « spin her around the dance floor »

The 30-year-old joked that Clara was a better dancer than she was when they met at the BBC radio studios

Clara was delighted to be paired with Aljaž, running away from him before hugging himself

Good Morning Britain’s Ranvir Singh, 43, has teamed up with Giovanni Pernice for the upcoming series

The 30-year-old seemed excited to team up with the breakfast host, ready to train for the first show

Ranvir will be under the watchful eye of his eight-year-old son, who is « in heaven » with his competition

Pop sensation HRVY, 21, was nervous to meet his professional partner as he made his way to Wembley SSE Arena

Back in the first arena he performed, he was surprised by 36-year-old Janette Manrara

Janette joked with host Claudia Winkleman that she was happy to have been matched with someone « small »

The former NFL star was thrilled to be paired with Luba, 30, who was voted first in last year’s competition

Jason is delighted that his six-year-old daughter Anaiya, whom he shares with Nadine Coyle, is watching his dance as she never got to see him on the pitch

Jamie Laing returns to the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor after being forced to step down last year

The 31-year-old was announced to compete alongside Oti Mabuse last year, but was injured while filming the launch show

He’s now back alongside Karen Hauer, 38, is a second attempt to win the Glitter Ball trophy

Nicola Adams, 37, makes Strictly Come Dancing history as part of the series’ first-ever gay couple

She was taken to the Royal Albert Hall in London to meet her partner, who was unveiled as Katya Jones, 31

Katya says she is delighted to partner with Nicola and be part of Strictly first

Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, 57, has been linked with Anton Du Beke, 54

Jacqui revealed that she introduced her mom to Strictly last year and was thrilled to be on the show now

However, she joked that her mother would be more interested in watching Anton than her own daughter

She was delighted to find out that she would dance with 30-year-old Gorka Marquez on this year’s series

Maisie already had a brush with Strictly by winning the show’s Children In Need special alongside Kevin Clifton last year

The 33-year-old Invictus Games medalist says he is « delighted » to be matched with Amy, who is the current British national champion in Latin American dance

JJ has admitted that his friend Prince Harry thinks it is « hilarious » that he is on the show, but that he is « proud » of him for competing

Last year’s winner Oti Mabuse, 30, this year was paired with Bill Bailey, 55

The comedian got a glimpse of what he could do as Oti returns to the ground with Kelvin Fletcher to perform a socially distanced victory dance

He said he was « over the moon » to be associated with Oti, asking him to « not hold back »

Max George, 32, was the last celebrity to meet his professional partner on this year’s launch show

He admitted he felt the pressure of the competition after his teammate Jay McGuinness won the sparkle ball trophy in 2015

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