Strictly Come Dancing confirms rugby player Chris Robshaw as eighth star in 2025 line-up

Strictly Come Dancing has announce ex England rugby player Chris Robshaw as the eighth star to be taking on the BBC One show. The latest contestant was announced on Scott Mills' Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 this morning.

Chris is best known as a former England rugby union player and captain, having earned 66 caps for England. The 39-year-old has captained the national team 43 times and led the team to a Six Nations Grand Slam victory in 2016.

Speaking about joining Strictly, Rob said: "This is about as far out of my comfort zone as it gets! I’m hoping to take my dad dancing to a whole new level, and my mum can’t wait to drag me along to her Zumba class. Let’s see if a rugby sidestep works in the Cha Cha Cha." It comes afterthe first name on the line-up was announced on Monday morning.

READ MORE: The One Show's Alex Jones confesses parents 'critique' show after every episode

READ MORE: BBC Strictly announces first celebrity for 2025 lineup as Gladiators star confirmed

Chris was joined on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show by RuPaul's Drag Race UK star La Voix - who is the first drag queen to compete on the main Strictly series. She follows in the footsteps of Tayce, who took part in last year's Christmas special.

"It's me La Voix! An international singer and comedian doing Strictly," she said as she entered the Radio 2 studio.

On joining Strictly, La Voix said: "I've performed for royalty, RuPaul and Simon Cowell, but nothing fills me with more excitement (and quite a bit of terror) than the thought of dancing in front of millions on live Saturday night TV.

"Strictly is a national institution and I can't wait to get started. All that's left to say is: good luck to my partner!

"Here's hoping they can help me go from La Voix into La Danse." They join seven other stars who were revealed to be taking on Strictly earlier this week.

Last night saw podcaster and TikTok star George Clarke be revealed as part of the stellar line-up, with the influencer telling BBC Radio 1: "Never thought I’d say this… but I’m doing Strictly!

"Honestly, I’ve got no idea what I’m doing but I’m excited to get stuck in … and potentially fall over a fair bit."

Chris, La Voix and George will be joining the likes of Love Island winner Dani Dyer, Gladiators' Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Doctor Who's Alex Kingston, ex footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and EastEnders' Balvinder Sopal in the line-up.

* This is a breaking showbiz news story. Join The Mirror’s WhatsApp Communityor follow us on Google News, Flipboard, Apple News, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Threads- or visit The Mirror homepage.