Fans of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing are seemingly far from happy with the latest celebrity contestants revealed. Adam Thomas was named the latest addition alongside Nikita Kanda this week.
The ITV Emmerdale and BBC radio stars were confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2023 on Monday.
Bad Education star Layton Williams, from Bury, Actress Amanda Abbington, broadcaster Angela Rippon, journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy, comedian Eddie Kadi, Irish TV presenter Angela Scanlon and former Love Island star Zara McDermott were all also confirmed in the line-up.
The tenth celebrity to be announced is Bury-born Coronation Street star Ellie Leach. The 22-year-old is best known for portraying Faye Windass for 12 years on the ITV soap.
She was nominated for multiple British Soap Awards and Inside Soap Awards.
Her hard-hitting storylines included being pregnant at 13, discovering she was going through menopause and reconnecting with the child she gave up - which led to her departing the cobbles earlier this year.
Layton Williams went to Broad Oak High School in Bury, now known Hazel Wood High School. The 28-year-old is a film and theatre actor who has performed in London’s West End, giving performances as the title role in the stage production of Billy Elliot and Everyone’s Talking About Jamie.
However, the contestants so far have not sat well with viewers of the show.
Follow this link to see the latest reveal.
Okay @bbcstrictly where's the real lineup? Probably the worst so far. Hope it improves. #Strictly #Strictlycomedancing
— ShellDG (@MSDG20102013) August 7, 2023
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Taking to Twitter, Shell fumed: "Okay @bbcstrictly where's the real lineup? Probably the worst so far. Hope it improves. #Strictly #Strictlycomedancing."
Big L said: "looking like the WORST lineup ever on strictly - even dancing on ice has better "celebrities".
Jennifer typed: "Someone tried to say that the year DoI returned after its hiatus. 5 of those celebrities had already been on Strictly", although another user, Tony, defended the programme, writing: "You lot say the same s**** every year. The last two winners being complete unknowns proves it doesn't matter if you dont "know" the line up. #Strictly."
"Never seen or heard of any of them," Mor said.
Cath Ross was also disappointed: "Presume #Strictly are saving revealing the big names until the end! I have heard of most of them but it’s all a bit underwhelming so far."
Presume #Strictly are saving revealing the big names until the end! I have heard of most of them but it’s all a bit underwhelming so far.
— Catherine Ross (@Lilacrose109) August 8, 2023
Jason said: "I'm sorry to say I've been a strictly come dancing fan since the beginning but I have to say of the celebrities you've chosen this year I've only heard of 3 of them. Are you sure the others are celebrities."
Steve wrote: "Whenever you see the announcement of a new Strictly contestant, you can bet your last cent that the first reply will be some smart arse saying "who?". Just because *you've* not heard of them doesn't mean they're not well known by others (probably a different demographic to you)."
Lastly, Rocky Roo added: "They could announce Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson for Strictly and all the comments would still be ‘Who??? Never heard of them!’"
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