Football legend revealed as fourth Strictly Come Dancing contestant for 2025
Former footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was the last star revealed to be taking part on The One Show tonight (August 11).
The Dutch professional football manager and former player was known for his time at Leeds United before he was signed by Premier League club Chelsea for a club record £15 million fee in May 2000. He also played in the 2002 FA Cup Final.
It comes as TV personality Dani Dyer and Doctor Who star Alex Kingston were announced as contestants competing earlier on tonight's show.
Earlier today, Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (also known as Nitro on the BBC game show) was the first star announced to be taking part in this year's competition.
Strictly Come Dancing 2025 professional dancers
Professional Dancers Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Aljaž Škorjanec, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola will all take to the floor once more.
🪩✨ Please welcome our two new Strictly Professional Dancers! 💃🏽🕺🏼Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon join the #Strictly Come Dancing family when the series returns this autumn on @BBCiPlayer Info ➡️ https://t.co/3QuEhd7Z4H pic.twitter.com/vgiw0ALdlz
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) July 27, 2025
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Two new professional dancers, American-born Alexis Warr and Australian-born Julian Caillon will also join the cast.
Warr, who is best known for winning the US dance series So You Think You Can Dance in 2022 and was crowned America's favourite dancer, became the first female ballroom and Latin dancer to claim the title.
Strictly will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this autumn.
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