Who is Angela Scanlon on BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2023?

Strictly Come Dancing officially returns to our screens on Saturday night (September 16). The BBC One competition show will see a slew of famous and familiar faces make their appearance on our screens. Among them is Irish presenter Angela Scanlon.

Angela, 39, is a presenter and broadcaster for both BTE and the BBC, in fact, she is the only woman in the UK and Ireland to have her own Saturday night chat show, Ask Me Anything, on RTE One. However, that's not all she's achieved throughout her career.

She has featured in documentaries and even co-hosted BBC Two's Robot Wars alongside comedian Dara O'Brian. Speaking about the show, Angela expressed concern over one dance she'll have to do on TV.

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She said: "I feel the Rumba will be grossly uncomfortable for me and everybody watching." She added: "For me, I think my mentality is usually to say yes, and figure it out later.”

Despite this, she said she was excited to learn the Quickstep which she described as "very nice". The ballroom routine generally includes couples skipping across the dancefloor while accompanied by a lively upbeat tune.

The other 14 celebrity contestants this year are former Family Fortunes presenter Les Dennis, ex-tennis player Annabel Croft, British actor Nigel Harman, EastEnders star Bobby Brazier, Paralympian Jody Cundy, former Coronation Street star Ellie Leach, actor Adam Thomas, Love Island star and documentarian Zara McDermott, broadcaster Angela Rippon, Channel 4 news presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy, radio presenter Nikita Kanda, actress Amanda Abbington, Bad Education’s Layton Williams and comedian Eddie Kadi.

Strictly Come Dancing starts on Saturday,