First Three 2022 Celebrities Announced

Here we go again! Series 20 is underway with the first celebrity announcements.

Actor Will Mellor was the first celebrity to be announced. He's been in loads of things, but the thing I always think of when I hear his name is Two Pints of Lager & A Packet of Crisps. He has also been in Coronation Street and Hollyoaks and hosts a podcast with his Two Pints... co-star Ralph Little.

An accomplished actor, but can he dance? I think he's going to embrace the sequins and spray tan for sure!

Kym Marsh is probably best known for playing Michelle in Coronation Street, a part she played for more than 10 years. But for my generation, she'll always be one of the members of Popstars winners Hear'Say. I was in the audience of CD: UK when Hear'Say went to No. 1 with Pure & Simple. She had the dance moves in those days, so hopefully she'll still have them now. 

Richie Anderson is best known as the weekday morning travel reporter on Radio 2, but he's also done bits of reporting for The One Show. It seems that his approach to jobs is to bang on about how much you love something on air, and eventually the BBC will let you do it. A Eurovision fan, he became part of the Eurovision team for Radio 2, and now his love of Strictly has landed him a spot on the show. He'll be nothing if not devoted and I know he will throw himself in. I'm a little skeptical about his dance ability, but I look forward to being proved wrong. Richie will reportedly be dancing with a male partner.