{"id":812112,"date":"2026-10-24T05:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812112\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T05:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:18:17","slug":"spice-girl-to-perform-on-strictly-come-dancing-after-saying-shes-asked-to-compete-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812112\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Girl to perform on Strictly Come Dancing after saying she\u2019s asked to compete \u2018every year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sporty Spice Mel C<\/a> is set to bring a workout-themed performance to the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom,<\/a> complete with skipping ropes and a disco-ball exercise bike.<\/p>\n

The 53-year-old singer, whose full name is Melanie Chisholm<\/a>, will perform her track \u201cSweat\u201d during Sunday night\u2019s results show, joined by the BBC<\/a> dance competition\u2019s professional dancers.<\/a><\/p>\n

Wearing a pink exercise top and blue shorts, Mel C will be lifted into the air as part of the high-energy routine, which also features the professionals dancing to Spacedust\u2019s \u201cGym And Tonic\u201d and Meghan Trainor\u2019s \u201cShimmer\u201d.<\/p>\n

The show will also feature the UK television debut of Jamie Miller\u2019s viral hit \u201cBabydoll\u201d, featuring Off Campus star Antonio Cipriano, who will perform the song\u2019s popular dance alongside four of the professional dancers.<\/p>\n

Mel C\u2019s performance comes just weeks after she said she was asked to compete on the show \u201cevery year\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"MelanieMelanie C with the Strictly Come Dancing 2026 Professional Dancers dancing to \u2018Sweat\u2019 (BBC)\"MelMel C will take to the \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019 ballroom floor during a fitness-inspired dance routine. (BBC)<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Daily Star, the singer said: \u201cStrictly is really the only one of those shows that I would consider and I have had a meeting with them \u2014 they ask me every year to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is if you do Strictly it\u2019s so high profile and you’ll find yourself in the sidebar of shame every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Mel C did appear on Season 30 of the American version of Dancing with the Stars in 2021, finishing in 11th place after being knocked out in week five.<\/p>\n

\"SportingSporting a pink exercise top and blue shorts, Mel C leads a high-energy routine that includes being lifted into the air and pedalling on a disco-ball exercise bike (BBC)\"MelMel C previously appeared on the American version of \u2018Strictly\u2019, \u2018Dancing With the Stars\u2019 (BBC)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Emma Bunton<\/a> (Baby Spice) competed in the fourth series of Strictly in 2006, partnered with professional dancer Darren Bennett. She reached the semi-final, finishing third overall.<\/p>\n

Week five of the current Strictly series will see the 12 remaining contestants return to the ballroom floor, with Dani Dyer dancing a salsa to Rosal\u00eda\u2019s \u201cDespech\u00e1\u201d alongside professional Nikita Kuzmin.<\/p>\n

Actress Bethany Antonia, who narrowly avoided elimination last week after landing in the bottom two, will perform the Argentine tango with professional Nancy Xu to \u201cAll The Things She Said\u201d by Harrison.<\/p>\n

Singer Delta Goodrem is also expected to return to the show after she had to miss week four because of injury.<\/p>\n

She will perform a rumba with Kai Widdrington to Celine Dion\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s All Coming Back To Me Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday at 6.30pm and Sunday at 7.10pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,183719,172742,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-812112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-pa2026","tag-strictly-come-dancing-2026","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812112","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=812112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}