Cynthia Erivo joins our Judges for Musicals Week

Multi-award winning singer and actor Cynthia Erivo will join our judging panel as a guest Judge this weekend.

She'll be stepping into Craig Revel Horwood’s shoes, who will sadly miss this week as he self-isolates after testing positive for Covid-19. We're sending our best wishes to you Craig and can't wait to see you back in the Ballroom soon!

London-born Cynthia Erivo has starred in numerous theatre productions across the globe, including Broadway’s revival of The Colour Purple, the Sister Act UK tour and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. She played the lead role of Aretha Franklin in the third series of Genius, the title role in acclaimed biopic Harriet, is currently filming for the new Luther movie and will star as Elphaba in the highly anticipated upcoming film adaptation of musical, Wicked. She has won a Daytime Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Tony Award, and been nominated for two Academy Awards (Oscars).

Cynthia said: “I’m so delighted to be joining the Strictly judging panel for Musicals Week. Musicals have a unique place in my heart, it’s such a special way of connecting all art and making it one. I’m excited to bring my experience to the show and I can’t wait to see what the couples have in store this weekend.”

Musicals Week will see our seven remaining couples pay homage to some of the best loved musicals of all time, this Saturday at 6:35pm on BBC One.