trictly Come Dancing is to return for its twenty first collection this autumn.

Every yr a bunch of movie star contestants battle it out on the dance flooring in a bid  to take dwelling the glitterball trophy.

The line-up for 2023 has been introduced and contains actor and entertainer Les Dennis, former tennis participant and broadcaster Annabel Croft, ex-EastEnders star Nigel Harman, Paralympian Jody Cundy, Irish TV presenter Angela Scanlon and Bad Education star Layton Williams.

Also competing is EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier, Coronation Street actor Ellie Leach, radio host Nikita Kanda, Emmerdale star Adam Thomas, TV journalist Angela Rippon, Channel 4 anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, actress Amanda Abbington, comic Eddie Kadi and Love Island star Zara McDermott.

Here is an inventory of winners from the previous six years and the place they're now.

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– Hamza Yassin

Wildlife cameraman Yassin, 33, gained the competitors in 2022 together with his associate Jowita Przystal.

Since successful, Yassin has gone on to jot down a youngsters’s e-book referred to as Be A Birder: The Joy Of Birdwatching And How To Get Started which shall be printed on September 14.

In April this yr the BBC introduced he would entrance Hamza’s Birds Of Prey, a documentary exploring birds of prey, with the TV star saying: “All my life I have had a passion for birds of prey, so this documentary film is a dream come true for me.

“It’s an opportunity to share more of the joy I experienced on Wild Isles whilst I film my top 10 of Britain’s birds of prey.”

– Rose Ayling-Ellis

Rose Ayling-Ellis turned the primary deaf particular person to win Strictly Come Dancing in 2021.

In 2022, the actress, 28, took half in a photograph shoot with Mattel who launched a Barbie doll with a listening to support.

This yr she helped mentor Unify, an all-deaf signal efficiency group who use British Sign Language (BSL), who carried out as a part of the King’s coronation celebrations.

She can even seem in ITV drama Code Of Silence, enjoying a deaf catering employee who makes use of her lip-reading abilities to assist the police uncover the conversations of criminals.

This yr the actress fronted the BBC One documentary Signs For Change, broadcast in June, which supplied viewers a glance into the experiences of deaf individuals.

– Bill Bailey

Comedian Bill Bailey turned the oldest movie star to win the glitterball trophy in 2020 on the age of 55.

Following the present, the 58-year-old has introduced TV programmes that embody BBC present Extraordinary Portraits and the Sky Arts collection Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: The Next Generation, which follows a bunch of younger crafters who concentrate on pursuits that embody silver smithing and wooden carving.

This November, the comic is touring his present Thoughtifier round New Zealand.

– Kelvin Fletcher

Kelvin Fletcher, 39, is understood for showing in Emmerdale and gained Strictly Come Dancing in 2019 together with his associate Oti Mabuse.

Since the present, Fletcher and his household have been seen on screens in BBC programme Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure, a six-part collection which follows the household as they “decamp to the countryside” to construct a brand new life on a farm.

A e-book in regards to the household referred to as Fletchers On The Farm: Mud, Mayhem And Marriage has been printed by the couple.

– Stacey Dooley

TV presenter Stacey Dooley gained Strictly Come Dancing in 2018 together with her associate Kevin Clifton.

After the couple danced their approach to the ultimate, the duo shaped a romantic relationship.

In January this yr, Dooley introduced the beginning of their first baby Minnie in an Instagram put up which mentioned: “Our Daughter is here. My little masterpiece! I’m COMPLETELY OBSESSED. Love you Minnie, Love you Kev x”

Dooley, 36, is famed for her hard-hitting investigative documentaries and, after Strictly, she went on to current an episode of Panorama, titled Stacey Meets The IS Brides, BBC programme Stacey Dooley: Locked Up With The Lifers, and a programme titled Stacey Dooley, Stalkers.

– Joe McFadden

Scottish actor Joe McFadden, recognized for his position in Holby City, appeared on the BBC One present in 2017 and gained together with his associate Katya Jones.

After the present, McFadden made a shock return to Holby City for a particular episode, regardless of the actual fact his character Raf Di Lucca was shot and killed in 2017.

The actor has additionally been concerned in pantomime reveals and this yr he joined the fiftieth anniversary tour of the hit musical The Rocky Horror Show.