Scarlett Moffatt first Strictly Christmas special contestant

The “Strictly megafan” broke the news while walking on stage as a guest panellist for Friday’s (November 21) Strictly: It Takes Two programme.

The presenter will be paired with professional dancer Vito Coppola in the ballroom.

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Scarlett Moffatt “so excited” for Strictly Christmas special

Moffatt said that watching Strictly on Christmas Day has been a family tradition, and now her “little boy Jude gets to then watch his ma”.

The mother of one walked on to BBC Two’s Strictly: It Takes Two stage and said: “Hang on, hang on, cut the music.

“Now, the rest of the panel will be out in a minute but before they do, I’m here to tell you what your big Strictly exclusive is – drum roll please.

“I’m so excited – I am officially this year’s first Strictly Christmas special contestant.”

Moffatt, 35, added: “I just keep crying all the time and now I can say it out loud, I’m so excited.

“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.”

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When presenter Janette Manrara revealed that Coppola will be Moffatt’s professional partner, the Gogglebox star joked: “I feel like we’re the same person, obviously there’s a couple of differences, but we’re the same person.”

Asked how her training has been, Moffatt said: “Honestly, even better than I could have imagined, like we’ve just laughed from start to finish.

“But I’ve also discovered muscles that I didn’t think I had, things wobble that I didn’t think would wobble, but every day is a school day isn’t it?”

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On her hopes of taking home the Christmas glitterball, Moffatt added: “I genuinely already feel like I’ve won, like the fact I get to be part of it, I’m dancing with Vito.

“However, I am leaving a little space on the mantelpiece, just in case.”

Another contestant will be revealed on BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills Breakfast Show on Monday (November 24).

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Moffatt appeared on the 16th series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, along with the likes of Larry Lamb, Carol Vorderman, Adam Thomas, Sam Quek and Lisa Snowdon.

She ended up winning the series, ahead of runner-up Joel Dommett.

Moffatt originally rose to fame on Googlebox, a show she featured on with her family between 2014 and 2016.