Strictly Come Dancing has announced the fourth celebrity that will be taking part in this year’s show – just hours after revealing actor Amanda Abbington, TV presenter and newsreader Angela Rippon and film and theatre actor Layton Williams will be taking part in the 2023 series.
On Saturday morning, it was confirmed on Claudia Winkleman’s show on BBC Radio 2 that Channel 4 News presenter, Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be putting on his dancing shoes for this year’s show.
“I’m surprised, delighted and slightly confused to find myself taking part in Strictly on the basis of ‘you only live once!’ and I can’t wait to start learning to dance, but I am slightly worried about my general decrepitude,” he said in a statement, adding: “I know I’m going to love it and have a brilliant time and just hope I’m not the only one enjoying my participation.”
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is the fourth celebrity to be announced for Strictly Come Dancing 2023
Krishnan is best known as the main anchor of Channel 4 News, as well as reporting for the foreign affairs series Unreported World and hosting live debates for Channel 4 during elections, referendums and major crises, he also won the Royal Television Society Journalism Award for best Network Presenter in 2022.
Since joining the team in 1998 he has covered major events from the Omagh bombing to the 911 attacks and from the Arab Spring to the Ukraine War. He also commentates on live events for Channel 4 such as the Paralympics Ceremonies and presents programmes outside the news including the first live televised Autopsy.
He presents the Channel 4 News podcast Ways to Change the World. He started his TV career at the BBC presenting youth programmes before moving onto Newsround, Newsnight, BBC World and News 24.
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