Stefan Dennis has been confirmed as the latest celebrity taking part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.

The Neighbours legend, 66, is the 12th famous face to be revealed for the 2025 Strictly line-up.

Stefan’s identity was announced during Thursday’s episode of ITV daytime show This Morning.

Viewers had been given a clue of a swimming pool, a robber and a sun. They were then shown a picture of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and a street. They all pointed to Stefan’s Neighbours character Paul Robinson.

The Australian actor said: “I’m very excited to be doing something that’s completely and utterly out of my comfort zone. But because of that, I’m quietly petrified.

“I’ve got left and right feet but when I look down, I have two left ones.”

Stefan said his wife Gail has been trying to teach him to dance but he is “burying his head in the sand”.

Strictly Come Dancing: Who is Stefan Dennis?

Stefan is famed for playing Paul Robinson in Neighbours. He portrayed the villain for four decades, until the soap’s axe in 2025.

The actor met his British actress wife Gail Easdale in pantomime in 2000 and they tied the knot at Borthwick Castle in Midlothian. Paul previously admitted he loves the UK. He previously described Scotland as his and his family’s “second home” after living there for 12 years. The couple have three children.

It was previously reported that Stefan had signed on the dotted line for Strictly. Bosses are said to believe he will “bring in the ratings” due to his popularity with British Neighbours fans.

The Strictly 2025 line-up so far

The BBC has now confirmed 12 celebrities for Strictly Come Dancing 2025. On Thursday alone, three name were revealed during the course of the morning.

Apprentice star Thomas Skinner was confirmed for Strictly during the Breakfast Show on Hits Radio. Reality star Vicky Pattison was then unveiled during This Morning, before Stefan made his appearance on the show.

Gladiator Nitro – real name Harry Aikines-Aryeete – was the first celebrity for Strictly 2025 to be announced this week. The professional athlete was followed by ER and Doctor Who actress Alex Kingston, Love Islander Dani Dyer and retired football Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

EastEnders’ Balvinder Sopal has also been confirmed for the 2025 series. Balvinder joins social media influencer George Clarke. Drag Race UK’s La Voix and rugby legend Chris Robshaw were next to be announced. The BBC then confirmed its ninth celeb; model and actress Ellie Goldstein.

More to come

Fifteen celebrities take part in Strictly Come Dancing each year. This means there are three more star dancers set to be revealed by the BBC.

Check out TV Guide’s full list of rumoured Strictly Come Dancing celebrities here.

New faces and old

The BBC has already confirmed this year’s Strictly Come Dancing pro dancers. They include all of the usual Strictly favourites, including Aljaz Skorjanec, Amy Dowden, Vito Coppola and Johannes Radebe.

There are also two new pros joining the dancing line-up in 2025. They are Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon. American dancer Alexis has already appeared on So You Think You Can Dance? and Dancing With The Stars. Julian, from Australia, has appeared on the show’s counterparts Down Under, too.

Last week, Gorka Marquez announced he will miss a big chunk of this year’s series. Gorka will also be without a celebrity partner for 2025.

The dancer has a clash of schedules after being given a job on the Spanish version of Strictly, called Bailando Con Las Estrella. It means he will only be able to pre-record the group dances for Strictly UK and then bow out until later in the series.

The judging panel is remaining the same for 2025. Shirley Ballas will be back as Head Judge, sitting alongside Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse.

Strictly Come Dancing 2025: When does it start?

BBC Breakfast confirmed that this year’s Strictly Come Dancing will start on Saturday September 20. Last year’s pre-recorded launch show aired six days earlier on September 14, with the first live show following the week after.

This year’s series will air every Saturday in the run up to Christmas. The dreaded results show airs on a Sunday night. The 2024 finale aired on December 14. Last year, Chris McCausland and his professional partner Dianne Buswell scooped the Glitterball Trophy.

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Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this September.