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Wales Online
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Strictly Come Dancing 2025 celebrity line-up rumours as odds open on new series cast
Strictly Come Dancing 2025 celebrity line-up rumours as odds open on new series cast The BBC dance competition show will return on the small screen this autumn and there could be big names involved in the 23rd series The big names who could potentially be a part of this year's series includes a Love Island star, Girls Aloud singer and a well-known former footballer and broadcaster (Image: PA ) Huge bookie brand, William Hill, has announced their latest bets on who will take the dancefloor for Strictly Come Dancing this year. The BBC dance competition show will return on the small screen this autumn and there could be big names involved in the 23rd series. According to William Hill, former footballer and broadcaster is among the leading candidates to appear on Strictly. After announcing he will be stepping down from Match of the Day this year, Lineker is a 6/1 chance to take to the ballroom later this year, according to the bookie brand. Other candidates include Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts, with the 11/4 market leader, ahead of footballer and former Queen of the Jungle in ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here Jill Scott (7/2) and Love Island star Tommy Fury (9/2). For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter . Article continues below Gary Lineker could be one of the big names to take to the ballroom in autumn (Image: BBC ) Also in the betting are Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (8/1), former World Darts Champion Phil Taylor (9/1) and David Beckham's son Brooklyn Beckham (10/1). However, none of these big names have been officially confirmed just yet and we might have to wait a little longer for that confirmation. Here's what the bookie's favourites look like so far: Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: "The Strictly Come Dancing rumour mill is already beginning to turn and Gary Lineker's name has been thrown into the hat to appear on the next series. "With his Match of the Day duties coming to an end, we make Lineker a 6/1 chance to swap the green room for the ballroom later this year. "Others in the running are Nicola Roberts, whom we make the 11/4 favourite, as well as football royalty from the women's game in Jill Scott (7/2). "Tommy Fury is in contention at 9/2, while Nigel Farage's inclusion would certainly cause a stir at 8/1!" The rumours come after the official professional dancers' line-up was announced for the upcoming series. Article continues below In early April, the BBC revealed that Caerphilly dancer Amy Dowden would be returning to the ballroom, alongside other fan favourites such as Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Katya Jones and Karen Hauer, amongst others.
Telegraph
20-03-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Badenoch: Tories will do a ‘bit better' than wipeout at local elections
The Conservatives are aiming to do 'bit better' than a local election wipe-out, Kemi Badenoch has said. In an attempt to manage expectations ahead of polling day on May 1, the Tory leader said she expects this year's contest to be 'extremely difficult' for her party. She urged disgruntled voters not to treat it as a 'protest vote' amid the threat from Reform UK, warning: 'This is not show-business. This is not a game.' It comes after she dismissed Nigel Farage as a reality TV star in an interview with The Telegraph, insisting that government is not an episode of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here. The council seats up for grabs at the local elections in May were last contested in 2021, when Boris Johnson achieved sweeping success. The victories have been attributed in part to the successful rollout of the Covid jab by the Tory government, delivering a so-called 'vaccine bounce'. Launching her party's local election campaign on Thursday, Mrs Badenoch admitted that she expects the Conservatives to suffer losses when voters return to the polls this year. She said the Tories would lose 'almost every single' council 'like we won in 2021' if the party's devastating results at last year's general election were mapped onto the seats on offer in May. Echoing words of warning from Nigel Huddleston, the party's co-chairman, she told supporters in Beaconsfield: 'The last time we fought these local elections was four years ago. As Nigel said, in 2021 we were riding high during the vaccine bounce. 'This year will be different. It will be the first time since the general election, the greatest defeat in our party's history, that we fight these seats. And if you match that general election result of 2024 onto this coming May, then we don't win the councils like we won in 2021, we lose almost every single one. 'But I think we're going to do a bit better than that, but we know that these elections will be extremely difficult, but we also know why they matter.' Earlier, Mr Huddleston said: 'Let's be realistic. We are coming off an exceptionally high watermark. Back in 2021 we got 65 per cent win rate. We won 65 per cent of the seats that were up for election. That is unprecedented. It's about 30 per cent higher than we would normally get.' The dangers of 'protest voting' Challenged on the threat posed by Reform, Mrs Badenoch warned voters against treating the local elections as a 'protest vote'. But she admitted the Tories 'do have a challenge on the Right', adding: 'We need to spend this time rebuilding trust. The public are shocked not by the fact that we're not doing well, but the Labour Government isn't doing well, and so the protest votes are going to Reform. 'But at the end of the day, this is not a protest vote. These are local elections. People are voting for who is going to get rid of their bins and their waste and their rubbish.' Asked to set out the ideological differences between the Tories and Reform, she said: 'We don't just make announcements. We have a plan. Loads of other parties just tell people what they think they want to hear. We think through and make sure that we are providing a credible plan that can be delivered.' She added: 'This is not show-business. This is not a game. This is about people's lives. This is not for us. It is for all those people out there who need credible politicians.' Last week, The Telegraph revealed that Mr Farage's party is set to win control of, or be the largest party on, eight councils compared with the Conservatives' 10, according to the first major survey to predict the vote on May 1. It showed for the first time how support for Reform has grown since the general election, with the party set to upend the political status quo at the local elections. Initially, some 21 county councils were set to hold elections on May 1. However, some of the ballots have been delayed by Angela Rayner's local government reforms, which is expected to put a dent in Mr Farage's success.
