Seventh celebrity contestant for Strictly Come Dancing 2016 confirmed
Former Hollyoaks star Danny Mac is the seventh celebrity contestant to be confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One.
Published: 16 August 2016
I’m as terrified as I am excited! I’ve done a few bits and bobs of secret filming for the show and it’s all become very real now.
The announcement was made today (Tuesday 16 August) via the official BBC Strictly Twitter and Facebook feeds where it was confirmed that Danny will be taking part in the brand new series.
“I’m as terrified as I am excited! I’ve done a few bits and bobs of secret filming for the show and it’s all become very real now. I can’t believe that I am now part of the biggest show on television and I cannot wait to get started,” says Danny.
Danny has been a professional actor since the age of 10. Following a number of roles in his childhood and teenage years, Danny starred in the multi-award winning West End production of Wicked for four years, performing in the ensemble and as the understudy for Boq, one of the lead male characters.
Danny left London for Liverpool in 2011 after being offered a role in Hollyoaks where he played the part of Mark ‘Dodger’ Savage. Danny’s character became hugely popular, gaining Danny a huge fan base with the public. Over his four years on the show, Danny was nominated at the National Television Awards for Best Newcomer, Most Popular Newcomer, and Best Serial Drama Performance. He was also voted three times as Soap’s Sexiest Man at the Inside Soap Awards, and twice Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards.
In 2011 Danny performed CeeLo Green’s Forget You alongside his Hollyoaks co-stars Stephanie Davis, Andrew Moss and Abi Phillips as part of the BBC Children in Need television broadcast.
More celebrity contestants for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing will be announced soon.
Notes to Editors
Danny Mac joins Ed Balls, Will Young, Laura Whitmore, Ore Oduba, Melvin Odoom and Louise Redknapp who have already been announced as contestants for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Produced by BBC Studios, Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One for its 14th series in September 2016.
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