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Melanie Blatt is the second celebrity announced to take part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, made by Â鶹Éç Studios and airing on Â鶹Éç One and Â鶹Éç iPlayer this Christmas.

Melanie will be paired with Strictly Come Dancing Professional Dancer Kai Widdrington when she enters the Strictly Christmas ballroom this December.

Melanie is a singer and cook, who rose to international fame in the 1990s as a member of the multi-platinum-selling, award-winning All Saints. As part of the band, Melanie had five UK number one hit singles and won two BRIT awards, selling over 10 million albums worldwide.

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In recent years Melanie has founded her own gourmet burger business and has appeared on television as a finalist in Celebrity Masterchef, in the second series of Celebrity Race Across The World, on Taskmaster’s New Year Treat, and as a contributor in the documentary series Girlbands Forever.

On joining Strictly Come Dancing this Christmas, Melanie Blatt says: "If you can't have a dance at Christmas, when can you?! I'm so excited to meet Kai and start training to make this a dance to remember."

This year’s Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special will see six couples battle it out under the glitterball to be crowned the Strictly Christmas Champion. Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will oversee the festivities for their final time, while Head Judge Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke will all be on hand to dish out sleigh-loads of advice, Christmas cheer and the odd lump of coal - before the voting studio audience will decide who wins. Expect a winter wonderland full of festive magic, dazzling group dances, live music and more in what will be the perfect antidote to the post-Christmas Dinner slump.

Melanie joins the previously announced Scarlett Moffatt in Strictly’s festive line-up. The remaining four celebrities taking part in the 2025 Strictly Christmas special will be announced across this week on Strictly: It Takes Two at 6.30pm on Â鶹Éç Two and Â鶹Éç iPlayer.

The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special is a Â鶹Éç Studios Entertainment Production for the Â鶹Éç. It was commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the Â鶹Éç. The Executive Producer for Â鶹Éç Studios is Sarah James, and Strictly’s Christmas Series Editor is Kim Allinson. The Senior Commissioning Editor for the Â鶹Éç is Jo Wallace.

The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special will air on Â鶹Éç One and Â鶹Éç iPlayer this Christmas.

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