Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has confirmed she will be taking part in year’s edition of the show.
The professional dancer, 33, revealed that she was given the green light after a heart-breaking cancer diagnosis last year. As a result, she was forced to miss out on the 2023 edition of the BBC show to undertake treatment for the disease.
However, things have been on the up for Dowden as she was told that she had no evidence of cancer in her body after a course of chemotherapy and surgery. This comes despite the fact that she will not be given the full all-clear from the cancer until five years later.
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Amy’s happy news was announced on Monday (June 10) as the full line-up of professional dancers for this year’s show was revealed. Taking to her social media platforms, she beamed that she was so happy to be able to get back to normal, doing the things she loves.
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It also marked the end of a vicious cycle for the dancer, as just three days prior on Friday (June 7), she shared a touching update that highlighted one year since her first surgery. Writing on her social media platforms, she said: “I’m so happy and grateful to be back on Strictly – MY HEART IS SO HAPPY!”
She continued: “The best team on and off the dance floor and I can’t wait to be back doing what I love most in the world, dancing! Feel blessed and more excited than EVER. Bring it on!”
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Many of the dancing icon’s co-stars were quick to flood to the comments with messages of congratulations at the news. Diane Buswell penned: “So happy to have you where you belong,” whilst Graziano di Prima said: “YEEEEESSS!”
Amongst the full line-up for this year’s show are last year’s winning professional Vito Coppola, as well as Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Neil Jones and Graziano di Prima. Someone who has been confirmed not to be amongst the professional line-up this year is Giovanni Pernice, after he was the subject of allegations of abuse towards last year’s partner Amanda Abbington.
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Several former partners have now come forward with similar stories of misconduct, including Ranvir Singh and Laura Whitmore. Due to an internal investigation being run by the BBC, Giovanni strongly denies the claims and has instructed a top law firm to defend him from future allegations.
Strictly Come Dancing will air in the autumn on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer.
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