{"id":154842,"date":"2025-09-19T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154842\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:29:09","slug":"who-is-george-clarke-meet-strictly-come-dancing-2025-contestant-and-youtuber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154842\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is George Clarke? Meet Strictly Come Dancing 2025 contestant and YouTuber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strictly Come Dancing season is officially upon us, with the launch show taking place this weekend, truly kicking off proceedings for an exciting season ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Just some of the names taking part this year include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/alex-kingston-strictly-come-dancing-2025-contestant-age-instagram-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Kingston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/harry-aikines-aryeetey-strictly-come-dancing-2025-contestant-age-instagram-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Aikines-Aryeetey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/dani-dyer-strictly-come-dancing-2025-contestant-age-instagram-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dani Dyer<\/a>. Joining them among a number of others is YouTuber and podcast host George Clarke, who many will know from his career across social media.<\/p>\n<p>But Strictly won&#8217;t be his first TV rodeo, having taken part on the Sidemen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/inside-season-2-sidemen-cast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside<\/a>, which debuted on Netflix earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, for those not too clued up on who George Clarke is, scroll on to find out more about the social media sensation as he joins the cast of Strictly Come Dancing 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Who is George Clarke?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/11-214ba89.jpg\" alt=\"George Clarke wearing a floral shirt and pink trousers, smiling ahead.\" data-item-name=\"George Clarke wearing a floral shirt and pink trousers, smiling ahead.\" title=\"11\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 \/ 0.6666666666666666;object-fit:contain\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"466.66666666666663\"\/><\/p>\n<p>George Clarke.\u00a0BBC\/Ray Burmiston<\/p>\n<p>Age: 25<\/p>\n<p>Job: YouTuber<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/georgeclarkeey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@georgeclarkeey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Clarke, also known as George Clarkey on social media, is a YouTuber, podcaster and social media star with millions of followers online.<\/p>\n<p>George first began experimenting with video content as a teenager before he quickly discovered how to connect with people around the world through humour and honesty.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has built a thriving career through social media, with a devoted audience across YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. He also co-hosts The Useless Hotline Podcast, which is also hugely popular.<\/p>\n<p>What has George Clarke said about Strictly Come Dancing?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/George-33a7995.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up image of George Clarke, smiling ahead in front of a sparkly blue background.\" data-item-name=\"A close-up image of George Clarke, smiling ahead in front of a sparkly blue background.\" title=\"George\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 \/ 0.5625;object-fit:contain\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"393.75\"\/><\/p>\n<p>George Clarke.\u00a0BBC<\/p>\n<p>George Clarke&#8217;s casting was announcing during BBC Radio 1&#8217;s Going Home Drivetime Show, with the star answering questions from fans after he was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of joining the cast, George said: &#8220;Never thought I\u2019d say this\u2026 but I\u2019m doing Strictly! Honestly, I\u2019ve got no idea what I\u2019m doing but I\u2019m excited to get stuck in \u2026 and potentially fall over a fair bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and iPlayer on Saturday 20th September at 6:40pm.<\/p>\n<p>Add Strictly Come Dancing to your watchlist on the <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/download-the-app\/?af_xp=custom&amp;pid=website&amp;c=editorial_content&amp;is_retargeting=true&amp;af_reengagement_window=30d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/download-the-app\/?af_xp=custom&amp;pid=website&amp;c=editorial_content&amp;is_retargeting=true&amp;af_reengagement_window=30d\" data-outlook-id=\"449c28d9-909e-4aab-b6b8-153454f55d5e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more of our <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" data-outlook-id=\"0c0aec36-9866-4349-99f4-ad280d01cb69\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" data-outlook-id=\"a64fbf8f-631f-40ad-b994-917155709b25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" data-outlook-id=\"2fb2ec15-91a0-4bb4-b5f1-4312abadc200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what&#8217;s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-outlook-id=\"8ca619f7-7e26-49be-a8b7-474fd8b8bd99\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing season is officially upon us, with the launch show taking place this weekend, truly kicking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-154842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}