FEMALES
Baby Spice Emma Bunton
ex-Bad Girls star Claire King
EastEnders actress Louisa Lytton
TV presenter Carol Smillie
Singer Mica Paris
comedy actress Jan Ravens
Casualty’s Georgina Bouzova

MALES
Former Manchester United goalie Peter Schmeichel
comedian Jimmy Tarbuck
former England rugby player Matt Dawson
newsreader Nicholas Owen
cricketer Mark Ramprakash
actor Ray Fearon (Nathan in Coronation Street)
Radio 1′s DJ Spoony.

Louisa Lytton, 17, who plays gangster’s daughter Ruby Allen in Eastenders, is the youngest contestant and will partner Italian ballroom dancer Vincent Simone.

Claire King, who found fame in Emmerdale as Kim Tate in Emmerdale, will team up with Love Island ladies’ man Brendan Cole.

The BBC One show returns to Saturday nights next month with presenters Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly.

Daly said: “With a line-up like this, the new series is set to be bigger and better than ever before. Where else could you see a Spice Girl dancing alongside Jimmy Tarbuck?”

In a change to last year’s show, week one will see the boys dancing to stay in the competition while the girls entertain with a group mambo. The format will be reversed in week two.

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