Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2025: Melanie Blatt announced as the next celebrity to join the line-up
The singer is swapping her cargo pants for something more glamMelanie Blatt is the second celebrity to join the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2025 line-up.
The All Saints star, 50, will be one of six couples competing in the festive episode on Christmas Day.
Melanie, who is fresh from her recent appearance in BBC Two documentary Girlbands Forever, has been partnered with Kai Widdrington.
Speaking about her Strictly signing, Mel said this morning: “If you can’t have a dance at Christmas, when can you?! I’m so excited to meet Kai and start training to make this a dance to remember.”
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2025: Melanie Blatt
Melanie is the second famous face to join the 2025 line-up for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.
She is best know for starring in the 90s girlband All Saints with Shaznay Lewis, and Natalie and Nicole Appleton. Earlier this month, Mel chatted about her pop career during Girlbands Forever and admitted all the girls had a huge bust up when they split.
The group are friends again now, so will we spot one of them in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special audience cheering Mel on?!
These days, Mel owns her own gourmet burger restaurant in London. Fans will also remember she previously made it to the final on Celebrity MasterChef and competed on Celebrity Race Across the World.
Who else is in the Strictly Christmas Special line-up?
Last week, the BBC confirmed that former Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt is the first celebrity to be taking part. Scarlett will be partnered on the show with Vito Coppola.
Scarlett, 35, was revealed on Strictly Come Dancing’s companion show. Strictly: It Takes Two. The star described it as ‘top of her bucket list’.
“Honestly, I just keep crying all the time,” Scarlett admitted, when sharing her news with Janette Manrara. “I can say it out loud (her involvement in the show). I’m so excited.”
However, some critics have questioned the fairness of Scarlett’s signing for the show.
Scarlett competed as a ballroom dancer for years in her youth. She even previously admitted she “probably couldn’t do Strictly” because she would be at an “unfair advantage.”
When is the Strictly Christmas Special?
In true festive tradition, the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special will air on Christmas Day (December 25, 2025). It is a pre-recored show, which means there is no public vote.
Six celebrities and their professional dance partners will be taking part and Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will host. It is the pair’s final Strictly presenting job before they both leave the show for good.
The winners, who get to lift the Christmas Glitterball Trophy, will be decided by judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse.
The BBC has confirmed that the remaining four celebrities taking part will be revealed this week. Their identities, along with their professional partners, will be unveiled on Strictly: It Takes Two.
Strictly’s spin-off show airs at 6.30pm on BBC Two on every week night.
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