Scarlett Moffatt revealed as first star to sign up for Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special: 'It's just a dream'
"I'm so excited!"Strictly It Takes Two saw Scarlett Moffatt make an appearance on the show to share some big news.
The 35-year-old has revealed that she’s the first celebrity to have signed up for this year’s Strictly Christmas special!
Scarlett Moffatt set to take part in Strictly Christmas special
At the start of today’s edition of It Takes Two, Janette Manrara revealed that a big Strictly exclusive would be revealed during the show.
Minutes later, Scarlett Moffatt, who was on the show to take part in the Friday Panel, paused the show to announce the big news.
“I’m so excited, I am officially this year’s first Strictly Christmas special contestant!” she announced, drawing a huge cheer from Janette.
“I’m so excited! I’m so excited,” she gushed.
Scarlett admits she ‘hasn’t stopped crying’
Sitting down with Janette, Scarlett admitted she hasn’t stopped crying since receiving the news.
“Honestly, I just keep crying all the time,” Scarlett admitted.
“I can say it out loud [her involvement in the show]. I’m so excited,” she then added.
When asked how excited she is to take part, Scarlett admitted, “It’s just a dream”.
“Like, honestly, this is like the top of my bucket list, which I never thought I was going to be able to do. And now I get to do it,” she then continued.
Scarlett’s Christmas partner revealed
“For me, this has been a tradition in my family, that we sit down and watch Strictly on Christmas Day, and the fact that my little boy Jude gets to then watch his mam, I’m just so excited” she then gushed.
It was also revealed during the show that Scarlett will be dancing with Vito Coppola in the festive special!
“I feel like we’re the same person. Obviously, there’s a couple of differences,” Scarlett said.
She then said that being in training was “even better than I could have imagined, like we’ve just laughed from start to finish.”
“I’ve also discovered muscles I didn’t think I had. Things wobble that I didn’t think would wobble, but every day’s a school day isn’t it!”
Scarlett, of course, has ballroom dancing experience. The star has even competed in competitions, so it’ll be interesting to see how she does this Christmas!
The next star taking part in the Christmas special will be announced on Monday (November 24) on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Scott Mills.
Strictly continues tomorrow night (Saturday, November 22) at 6:45pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
