BBC Radio 2 star Richie Anderson set for Strictly Come Dancing?

OHMYGOSSIP — Richie Anderson is set to take part in ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The openly gay BBC Radio 2 DJ has garnered tens of thousands of Instagram followers, and he is reportedly wanted by BBC bosses in an attempt to further “diversify” the line-up of the ballroom dancing competition when it returns to screens in autumn 2022.
A source said: “As an out-and-proud gay man, Richie would help make it a diverse line-up — and would obviously have the option of dancing with a male pro.”
The insider went on to explain that following on from last year’s show – which saw former ‘Bake Off’ star John Whaite finish runner-up with professional partner Johannes Radebe as the first all-male pairing – producers are keen to keep the same-sex couple as a regular feature on the show and are also keen to include “lesser-known” celebrities on the show.
The source told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “‘Strictly’ are keen to keep the same-sex partnership as a regular feature on the show and Richie might just help them with that. They also like less well-known stars to be in the mix, as they like celebrity contestants to go on a journey from underdog to top dog.”
The source added that prior to their success on the show, former winners such as documentary host Stacey Dooley – who took the Glitterball Trophy alongside Kevin Clifton back in 2018 – and ‘EastEnders’ actress Rose Ayling Ellis, who was crowned winner in 2022 alongside Giovanni Pernice, had a “relatively low profile” before their victories on the show helped them to become “household names”.
The source explained: “Some of the programme’s biggest names have gone from having a relatively low profile to becoming household names via that route.
“Only a limited number of people knew of Stacey Dooley and Rose Ayling-Ellis before they went on ‘Strictly’.
“Now they are huge names because they triumphed.”

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