Strictly Come Dancing will return for its sixteenth series this autumn! On Wednesday, the BBC unveiled the three brand new professional dancers who will take to the Strictly dancefloor as they join the popular series later this year. The new world-class dancers joining the show are Italian Latin Champion Graziano Di Prima, Professional South African Latin Champion Johannes Radebe and four-time winner of the Italian Dance Championship Luba Mushtuk. The next series is set to be bigger than ever, bringing a total number of professional dancers to eighteen. Take a look through our gallery to see who will appear on the show this year...
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AJ Pritchard
This will be the third series for AJ. He was previously partnered up with Olympic gymnast Claudia Fragapane and Saturdays singer Mollie King, with the latter reaching the semi-finals last year. He won one of the biggest championships in the world to become British Open Youth Latin Champion and European Youth Latin Champion. He was also the National Youth Latin Champion for three years in a row from 2012-2014.
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