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Vicky Pattison has been announced as the eleventh celebrity to join the new series of Strictly Come Dancing. The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by BBC Studios, will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for its new series this September.<\/p>\n
Vicky Pattison is a TV presenter, author, podcast and radio host who won the nation\u2019s heart after being crowned Queen of the Jungle on I’m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out of Here! in 2015. Since then, she\u2019s remained a firm fixture on British screens, with presenting roles across MTV, ITV, Channel 5, Channel 4 and TLC.<\/p>\n
Her critically acclaimed Channel 4 documentary Vicky Pattison: Alcohol, Dad and Me cemented her as a compelling and authentic voice in the conversation around alcohol addiction and mental health. Vicky has also been a Celebrity MasterChef finalist, appeared on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, and featured in BBC\u2019s Sport Relief: All Star Games and was seen raising money in BBC\u2019s Arctic Challenge for Comic Relief last year.<\/p>\n
Off-screen, Vicky has authored multiple Sunday Times best-selling memoirs and novels – with Nothing But the Truth reaching number one and remained in the top ten for seven weeks – built a loyal online community of over five million followers and is a passionate campaigner for women’s health and emotional wellbeing, with a recent investigation into women\u2019s reproductive health in collaboration with Good Morning Britain. She currently presents the Saturday afternoon show on Heart Radio and hosts two hit podcasts: Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and BBC Sounds Love Bombed.<\/p>\n
On joining Strictly Come Dancing, Vicky Pattison says: “I\u2019m absolutely buzzing to be part of this year\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing lineup… but I’d be lying if I said I wasn\u2019t terrified. I am a not a natural dancer! However, it\u2019s such an amazing opportunity for me to step out of my comfort zone and to challenge myself in a completely new way and I just really hope I don’t make too much of a fool of myself!”<\/p>\n
The news was revealed on This Morning on Thursday 14 August and the remaining celebrity contestants joining the new series will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n
Strictly Come Dancing is a BBC Studios Entertainment production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer and was commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. The Executive Producer is Sarah James, the Series Editors are Nicola Fitzgerald and Jack Gledhill. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Jo Wallace.<\/p>\n