Strictly Come Dancing returns with new hosting trio as celebrity lineup revealed

Strictly Come Dancing begins a new chapter on BBC One this evening at 7.25pm, with Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe taking over hosting duties for the popular dance competition, according to the Guardian's TV listings.

The show's 15 celebrity contestants will be meeting their professional dance partners in tonight's launch episode. Among those confirmed to take part are EastEnders actor Lacey Turner, former footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips, Australian singer Delta Goodrem, Gavin and Stacey actor Melanie Walters, and Dani Dyer, who the Guardian notes previously dropped out of the show, according to the report.

The lineup also includes several "media personalities" that viewers may be less familiar with, a feature the Guardian describes as now customary in celebrity-based reality television competitions.

Despite the change in presenting team, the show's panel of four judges will return unchanged, continuing to score contestants' performances using their scoring paddles, according to the listings.

The launch episode marks the first time Willis, Widdicombe and Radebe have fronted the show together as hosts, following a change from previous presenting arrangements. The Guardian's television critic Hollie Richardson described the new era as beginning "in typically sparkling style."

The same listings roundup also referenced a new gameshow hosted by John Bishop, though further details of that programme were not included in the excerpt.