Overview
- Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was unveiled as the first celebrity contestant on CBBC’s Newsround after impressing in last year’s Christmas special.
- Dani Dyer, Alex Kingston and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink joined the 2025 line-up in announcements on The One Show.
- BBC confirmed returning hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman and judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke alongside new professionals Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon.
- Gorka Marquez will step back from partnering a celebrity to judge Spain’s Bailando Con Las Estrellas but will appear in group numbers and rejoin for the final weeks.
- Series 23 is set to air on BBC One and iPlayer from September through December with further celebrity reveals scheduled throughout August.