Of the new challenge, the 35-year-old said: “It’s been the most surreal week of my life. I’m a massive fan of Strictly so it’s incredible. I’m so happy that I can be a part of it.
“But at the same time it’s quite bittersweet as I’m coming in on the back of Jamie’s injury.
“I can’t imagine going through all this excitement and then having to pull out. My thoughts are with him – he seems like a fantastic guy and I hope he’s doing OK.”
Karim Zeroual
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Karim, 19, is a children’s TV presenter, who began his career as an actor, starring in CBBC’s fantasy series The Sparticle Mystery.
He admitted he was happy to finally be starring in something his young son can watch.
Alex Scott
Former England and Arsenal defender, 34, has made an impressive transition from women’s football to television punditry, even managing to impress Graeme Souness on Sky Sports.
When it was her turn to take to the dancefloor and face feedback from the Strictly judges, the FA Cup winner impressed and even showed her ability to adapt when she had to dance with stand-in partner Kevin Clifton after he original partner Neil Jones was sidelined for two weeks.
Sportswomen have an average record on Strictly and her quarter-final effort was unable to match or emulate Olympic track and field athlete Denise Lewis, who came second way back in 2004.
Saffron Barker
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The vlogger follows in the footsteps of fellow YouTuber Joe Sugg, who reached the final in 2018 with his now-girlfriend Dianne Buswell.
As of April 2019, Saffron has over two million subscribers to her YouTube channel, with her videos mostly focusing on beauty, fashion, lifestyle and music.
Saffron previously formed a girlband called Born2Blush with two childhood friends, starting their own YouTube channel in 2014.
They released their debut track 24seven in March 2015 - but they broke up soon after.
Michelle Visage
RuPaul's Drag Race star Michelle said she was "over the moon" as she was revealed on the Lorraine show - after The Sun broke the story in July.
She is married to Cawlin Thynn, the son of Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, and is a contributing editor of British Vogue.
Speaking about joining Strictly Come Dancing 2019 on Gaby Roslin's BBC Radio London show, she said she was relieved that the cat was finally out of the bag after months of secrecy.
Sadly for Emma her time was up on the show after she was eliminated on November 3.
The two celebrities found themselves in the bottom two following the Halloween Special, with Catherine and her partner Johannes Radebe finishing second from bottom on the leaderboard.
When asked by host Tess Daly about her time on the show, Catherine said of Johannes: “Him, yeah, he’s like my best friend.
"He’s just… the opportunity to work with amazing people and get critiqued off amazing people. I never thought I’d say this, I’m going to keep it up because I fell in love with it!
"I’ve loved every second, this man has changed my life!”
David James
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Retired goalkeeper David, 48, revealed former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster encouraged him to take part after years of declining offers.
The football star played for clubs including Liverpool, West Ham and Man City over a 26 year career.
He was also England's number one following the retirement of David Seaman, who himself went on to star in Dancing On Ice.
David and his dance partner Nadia were eliminated after the judges voted to save Mike and Katya.
Dev Griffin
Dev is best known for presenting on BBC Radio 1 after kicking off his career on children's TV.
He shared: "I just can’t believe I’m doing Strictly, it just doesn’t feel real yet!
"It’s going to be so much fun, but just to be clear, I’m not doing this to take part, I’m totally in it to win it!
Unfortunately he danced his last tango on October 13, 2019.
Anneka Rice
Anneka is a TV legend whose former hit show, Challenge Anneka, aired 30 years ago on the BBC.
And while producers had missed out on the opportunity to sign the 60-year-old in 2018, it was confirmed to be a done deal on Steve Wright In The Afternoon on BBC Radio 2.
She launched Challenge Anneka in 1989. It ran for five years before returning on ITV for four specials in 2006 and 2007.
Anneka, who has been in a relationship with writer Simon Bell for 14 years, has three children from two previous relationships.
James is a British athlete, rowing champion and double Olympic gold medallist and had the potential to be the most fiercely competitive contestant in the show’s history.
He was appointed OBE for "services to sport" in the 2005 New Year Honours List.
Sadly for the athlete, dancing was not his strong suit and he found himself being the first star to get the boot from the show along with his partner Luba Mushtuk.