Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt has said “it’s just a dream” after making a surprise announcement that she will compete in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. <\/p>\n
The “Strictly megafan” is the first contestant to be revealed and broke the news while walking onto the set as a guest panellist for Friday’s Strictly: It Takes Two programme on BBC Two.<\/p>\n
The presenter will be paired with professional dancer Vito Coppola in the ballroom.<\/p>\n
Moffatt, who won I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2016, said that watching Strictly on Christmas Day has been a family tradition, and now her “little boy Jude gets to then watch his ma”.<\/p>\n
The mother of one walked onto BBC Two’s Strictly: It Takes Two set and said: “Hang on, hang on, cut the music.<\/p>\n
“Now, the rest of the panel will be out in a minute, but before they do, I’m here to tell you what your big Strictly exclusive is – drum roll, please.<\/p>\n
“I’m so excited – I am officially this year’s first Strictly Christmas Special contestant.”<\/p>\n
Moffatt added: “I just keep crying all the time, and now I can say it out loud, I’m so excited.<\/p>\n
“It’s just a dream. Like, honestly, this is, like, the top of my bucket list, which I never thought I was going to be able to do, and now I get to do it.”<\/p>\n
When host Janette Manrara revealed that Coppola will be Moffatt’s professional partner, the Gogglebox star joked: “I feel like we’re the same person. Obviously, there’s a couple of differences, but we’re the same person.”<\/p>\n
Asked how her training has been going, Moffatt said: “Honestly, even better than I could have imagined. Like, we’ve just laughed from start to finish.<\/p>\n
“But I’ve also discovered muscles that I didn’t think I had, things wobble that I didn’t think would wobble, but every day is a school day, isn’t it?”<\/p>\n
Moffatt agreed when Manrara called her “a super, super Strictly megafan”.<\/p>\n
On her hopes of taking home the Christmas glitterball, Moffatt said: “I genuinely already feel like I’ve won. Like, the fact I get to be part of it; I’m dancing with Vito.<\/p>\n
“However, I am leaving a little space on the mantelpiece, just in case.”<\/p>\n
Another contestant will be revealed on BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills Breakfast Show on Monday, the audience was told.<\/p>\n
Source: Press Association<\/p>\n