Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour: 2009

Edited: Sat, 17 Jan 2009

The final line-up has now been confirmed! From the current BBC1 series Jodie Kidd and Rachel Stevens will be joining the celebrities dancing their way around the UK. Cherie Lunghi has also been confirmed as a contestant, while Tom Chambers is swapping Holby City’s surgical theatres for the UK’s entertainment arenas. They will be joining Series Two winner Jill Halfpenny, comic Julian Clary, former Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones and rugby star Kenny Logan for the STRICTLY COME DANCING-LIVE TOUR 2009! These eight contestants will be trying to impress both the arena audience and all four judges from the TV show - Len Goodman, Arlene Phillips, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli.

The professional dancers will be joining the tour to get the best from their celebrity partners. Camilla Dallerup and Vincent Simone will partner Tom Chambers and Rachel Stevens respectively. Darren Bennett will rejoin his Series Two champion partner Jill Halfpenny, whilst Cherie Lunghi and Jodie Kidd will join their partners from the current series, James Jordan and Ian Waite. With Julian Clary taking to the stage with Lilia Kopylova and Gethin Jones spinning Flavia Cacace around the dance floor, also Matthew Cutler and Kristina Rihanoff will be performing spectacular professional dances.This is live entertainment not to be missed!

Containing all the glitz and glamour of the TV series, this year is set to raise the bar set by last year’s incredible tour.

The tour venues currently scheduled are:

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Liverpool Echo Arena
Manchester Evening News Arena
Trent FM Arena Nottingham
Sheffield Arena
Wembley Arena
The 02 Arena
SECC Glasgow
LG Arena at The NEC, Birmingham

Fri 16 Jan - Sun 22 Feb

American Smooth, Ballroom, Latin American Dance

Dance Event, Dance Tour, Strictly,BBC

Original: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:32:00 GMT