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In Pictures: This year’s Strictly Come Dancing contestants

Fifteen celebrities are taking part in the BBC competition.

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Former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley is among the Strictly contestants this year

All of the contestants for this year’s series of Strictly Come Dancing have now been revealed.

The 2019 crop includes soap stars, sports stars, a Viscountess and a YouTuber.

Here are the 15 hopefuls:

David James
Goalkeeper David James won 53 England caps and has played for teams including Liverpool, Aston Villa and Portsmouth (Jonathan Brady)
Chris Ramsey
Chris Ramsey is a comedian, TV star and podcaster (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Emma Barton
EastEnders veteran Emma Barton is a self-confessed Strictly super-fan (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Saffron Barker
YouTube star Saffron Barker has an impressive four million followers on social media (Ian West/PA)
Catherine Tyldesley
Catherine Tyldesley will swap the Corrie cobbles for the Strictly dancefloor (Matt Crossick/PA)
Mike Bushell
Mike Bushell presents sports bulletins on BBC Breakfast (Ian West/PA)
Karim Zeroual
Children’s TV star Karim Zeroual is hoping to see “sequins galore” (BBC/PA)
Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth
Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth. She is a chef, while her family runs Longleat safari park (Ian West/PA)
Michelle Visage
Michelle Visage is a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race (Matt Alexander/PA)
Will Bayley
Table tennis Paralympic champion Will Bayley (Adam Davy/PA)
Jamie Laing
Jamie Laing has starred in E4’s structured reality series Made In Chelsea since 2011 (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA)
Alex Scott
Former Arsenal and England player Alex Scott is now a football pundit (Mike Egerton/PA)
Dev Griffin
Dev Griffin presents BBC Radio 1’s weekend afternoon show (Ian West/PA)
James Cracknell
Olympic rower James Cracknell will take to the dancefloor (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Anneka Rice
TV veteran Anneka Rice will take up a new challenge on Strictly (Ian West/PA)
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