They join Gladiators<\/a> star and Olympic sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey on the line-up.<\/p>\n Dyer, who shot to fame after winning Love Island in 2018, said of her appointment: \u201cGetting the opportunity to be on Strictly is the second most amazing thing I\u2019ve done this year. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel very very blessed and cannot wait to get my dancing shoes on,\u201d the 28-year-old TV personality added.<\/p>\n Actor Kingston, known for her roles as Elizabeth Corday in US medical drama ER and River Song in sci-fi show Doctor Who, said she was inspired to join the show after seeing her friend, Miranda actor Sarah Hadland, finish as a runner up on last year\u2019s series.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Dani Dyer and Alex Kingston are joining \u2018Strictly\u2019 (BBC)<\/p>\n The British performer, 62, also said she has wanted to take part on the show for years.<\/p>\n Dutch football star Hasselbaink, who currently works alongside Gareth Southgate as assistant coach for the England football team, said he decided to join the show at the request of his family. <\/p>\n Announcing his participation on The One Show, Hasselbaink, 53, said the dancing competition will bring him \u201ctotally out of my comfort zone\u201d.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is a \u2018Strictly 2025\u2019 contestant (BBC)<\/p>\n Meanwhile, 36-year-old Aikines-Aryeetey, known as Nitro to Gladiators fans, said: \u201cI’m so excited to be part of the Strictly family this series and I’m ready to give it all I’ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n The athlete, a former Team GB sprinter who joined Gladiators in 2023, took part in last year’s Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special alongside professional dancer Nancy Xu.<\/p>\n Aikines-Aryeetey said the Christmas Special \u201cwas so nice I just had to do it twice\u201d.<\/p>\n He has competed at two Olympic Games and is a three-time European champion and two-time Commonwealth champion. He also became the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships. He won the 2005 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, aged 17.<\/p>\n He follows in the footsteps of his Gladiators co-star Montell Douglas, who appeared on last year\u2019s 20th anniversary series of Strictly and was eliminated in week 10.<\/p>\n The remaining contestants will be announced throughout August.<\/p>\n The rumoured names for this year\u2019s series<\/a> include former GB athlete Mo Farah and Sort Your Life Out presenter Stacey Solomon.<\/p>\n Strictly has already revealed two new additions to the professional cast for 2025<\/a>. Alexis Warr, former winner of the US series So You Think You Can Dance in 2022, and Julian Caillon, a ballroom TV star from Australia, will both be arriving on the dancefloor this autumn.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, best known as Nitro on \u2018Gladiators\u2019, will be joining \u2018Strictly\u2019 in 2025 (BBC)<\/p>\n They will be joining returning professionals Dianne Buswell<\/a> \u2013 who won the BBC dance competition with Chris McCausland in 2024 \u2013 alongside Nadiya Bychkova, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk and Jowita Przystal.<\/p>\n Amy Dowden, who pulled out of last year\u2019s competition following a foot injury, will also return to the show. She will be joined by Carlos Gu, Kai Widdrington, Johannes Radebe, Alja\u017e \u0160korjane, Nancy Xu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas, Vito Coppola and Karen Hauer.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been revealed that Marquez, one of Strictly\u2018s best-loved regular professionals, will not be partnered with a celebrity<\/a> in the 2025 series. 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