TV presenter Nick Knowles is the thirteenth celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of ‘Strictly Come Dancing'.
For the last 24 years, Knowles has been the face of the BBC’s BAFTA-winning ‘DIY SOS'. Alongside this, Nick has always been passionate about travelling and most recently, worked with Channel 5 on various travel programmes including ‘Into the Grand Canyon', ‘The Mighty Mississippi' and ‘Nick Knowles in South America'.
Over the past two decades, Knowles has presented across an extensive list of formats spanning news, factual, travel and entertainment and has solidified himself as one of the UK’s most familiar faces on television.
Knowles says: “I’m so, so excited to be doing ‘Strictly' this year. People may be more used to me getting stuck in on a building site or travelling the world, but dancing live on TV will be a whole new adventure. I’ve spent my whole life learning new skills and I’ve never been afraid of a challenge – there’s life in the old dog yet to take on one more big one – being taught how to dance! I’ll give it my everything …. and try not to embarrass my kids of course!”
The news was revealed yesterday evening (Monday 12th August) on ‘The One Show' on BBC One.
Knowles joins a line-up that includes comedian Chris McCausland, JLS star JB Gill, opera singer Wynne Evans, singer and actress Toyah Willcox, media medic Dr. Punam Krishan, model and TV personality Tasha Ghouri, reality star Pete Wicks, actor and singer Shayne Ward, actor and singer Sarah Hadland, actor Jamie Borthwick, Olympian Tom Dean and Gladiator Montell Douglas. More celebrities will be revealed in the coming days.
‘Strictly Come Dancing' will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this autumn.
