Former Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas is set to compete for this year's Strictly Come Dancing glitterball trophy. The actor, 33, is thought to be the first celebrity dancer to sign up to the hit BBC show.
The star, who left the Dales in early 2018, is no stranger to reality TV and went on to finish third in I'm a Celebrity in 2016. Adam is currently filming the new series of drama Waterloo Road, reprising the role of Donte.
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Adam, who played Adam Barton in the long-running Leeds-based soap for nine years, will don his sequins and fake tan after it was claimed Strictly bosses also wanted to sign his older brother Ryan, who played Jason Grimshaw on Coronation Street for 16 years, reports The Sun.
Ryan's daughter Scarlett will star alongside her uncle in the popular BBC drama's revival to play his daughter Izzy. And keeping it in the family, Adam's own young son Teddy has been cast as Izzy's brother.
Adam's twin brother Scott appeared as a contestant on the second series of Love Island in 2016 and currently runs his own PR company while in 2020 all three brothers featured together in their own ITV travel show, Mancs In Mumbai with their late father, Dougie.
Other celebs rumoured to be appearing on the 21st series of the dancing contest in the autumn include Leeds-based Countryfile presenter Helen Skelton, who recently split up with her Leeds Rhinos ace husband Richie Myler. While the line-up could also see Paige Sandhu put on her dancing shoes after leaving Emmerdale.
TV chef Gino D’Acampo, who won I'm A Celebrity in 2009, is also another rumoured entrant for the latest series. Deaf EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and her dance partner Giovanni Pernice are the reigning champions.
