{"id":631746,"date":"2026-06-10T19:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631746\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:54:13","slug":"lacey-turner-is-the-first-celebrity-contestant-confirmed-for-strictly-come-dancing-2026-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631746\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacey Turner is the first celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2026 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE96RUZZa1JYNVdrUUdDbERiZkI5SlZuQkhTRjJDTWJxU1d6QVYwdzRSX1BGc2dMekZlRXNETmFlSzZOaHRlQ29HY1Vic1F3ZXlsR19YZEIxS1hEVjF6bVNyOTFDSFNtLVdsNDBldERaUVJlWWNpZ3AtVXZ3VHNwUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lacey Turner is the first celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBKUWdfMDJ3am1lUzZMRWhkcVhENmdVdHVuUl9mWGRNMXhjTzVDME9fYTlieDVxWk52eElIWUNFYm5DZmpUdWFlaG1LY1ppemEzR0RjQlNzY2F5RDlz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly Come Dancing: Lacey Turner confirmed as first 2026 celebrity contestant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQMklWeGpBQUhTYnV4YXVIY2xSRXlTQ0JDdmFwYWJwSTZST1dSMWJaN3k0QnVSdDNtN3FBcmhuS18waWRtTTkwU1VBWWRxZTY5SUdDQ2YtSHRpdGp6eDEySmc5dFVmSUVSLW9VZk9RX3ZYcG01dXU2MlE5QTlvVGhQcGdVakRyYUdYbENQWVdXVlozZ0xQNW54NGJ4OFA0SkZIeE0xSDV2NA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly Come Dancing 2026 celebrity contestants confirmed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxPS2Rzcm1iaFRwcC15ZzJ2ajFKYTAyWnNnQjhXWXQ3LUhocTlOVUJXY0JpMTRWT0tYX3pFV0lVWkRUWTdTWmpGVTU1ZU0wYXp3LVIzelA3VHpIQ2txVDhvOFV5NTRMNnVnZ08zX0tmTlAzSmROME5nNm1FM05rdUR1M19tZURzWXkzS2hZWFVBSVUyYU15YjVuSk0zVVhQUmFsU3hGUHFzWWd3VkxtbFVBa1JwUVN5TmdWblFReDYwYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly Come Dancing 2026 officially confirms EastEnders icon as first celebrity casting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Radio Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOZHRsVm52MHg5OGNXSnVGMFczbXczdDY5OTY5cm1MeWx6cjBYWEZ1aENZQWJVMWVaSEFXT3JLejJjRVlOZkFJdkN5dVk2R0YxNE13UlJRX180RV8xY0Z2NzFDb0ViU3MyTnJmT2V0eDI2UGFYNTVyY2FleXVuYzhaNEY4YWI2V01rMUFPWHIyS1cySzNCZjNGQWFTSEYwX09YS0NIbkpLZ2laNXFtZjZuZFNBMldDZVR4YUFnZG5qOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly Come Dancing reveals EastEnders star as first celebrity contestant for 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lacey Turner is the first celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2026&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCStrictly Come Dancing: Lacey Turner confirmed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-631746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}