Rt Hon Jacqui Smith is our twelfth and final celebrity for Strictly 2020!

Our class of 2020 is complete as former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith joins the show!

Jacqui said: “I was speechless with excitement at being asked to join Strictly – and that’s very rare for me. Fifty years ago, I got a bronze medal for Scottish Highland Dancing and it feels about time to return to dancing. I couldn’t be in better hands with the Strictly team and I’m going to throw myself into the challenge. Watch out!”.

The former politician is best known as being the UK’s first female Home Secretary in 2007. Jacqui is now the Chair of the largest NHS trust in England in Birmingham and a Children’s Trust in Sandwell. She has become a regular political commentator on TV and radio and also hosts a weekly award winning podcast called For the Many that she presents with broadcaster Iain Dale.

Jacqui completes our line-up alongside Caroline Quentin, Jason Bell, Max George, Ranvir Singh, Clara Amfo, Nicola Adams OBE, Bill Bailey, JJ Chalmers, Jamie Laing, Maisie Smith and HRVY. Click here to find out more about our class of 2020! And let us know who you are looking forward to seeing sequinned-up and hitting the Strictly dancefloor.