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20th Aug 2018

Kevin Clifton has some seriously exciting news for Strictly fans

Rebecca O'Keeffe

Amazing!

If you’re a fan of Strictly Come Dancing then you’re about to get super excited.

The lovely Kevin Clifton announced over the weekend to share some pretty unreal news.

Kevin, who is a professional dancer, is starting his own Strictly Come Dancing podcast!

Brilliant news!

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The star made the announcement during a live broadcast, where he asked listeners for help naming the podcast.

Kevin has been very vocal about the 2018 season of strictly, coming to the show’s defence on Twitter more than once.

Most recently people were complaining that one of the contestants, former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, has dancing experience.

He tweeted:

“There’s always some with dance experience. She will be learning ballroom for the first time. I suck at tap for example. Also @bbcstrictly leaves it to the voter.”

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“You vote for your favourite, doesn’t have to be the best dancer by the judges.”

Kevin also defended the inclusion of YouTube star Jake Sugg in the show.

People weren’t happy as they didn’t consider Jake to be a real “celeb”…

“Why do they have to be on TV a lot to be well known. And YouTube is TV. Just a different screen. He will bring in new viewers that never would watch Strictly and would have no idea who any of us ballroom dancers are…”