Pussycat Dolls star Ashley Roberts announced for Strictly 2018

Former Pussycat Dolls member Ashley Roberts has become the latest celebrity to join the Strictly Come Dancing line-up this year.

The British singer, dancer and ex-reality TV contestant – who grew up in America – told the BBC that she was taking on the challenge after being inspired by her famous friends.

"Daisy Lowe loved it, Flacky [Caroline Flack] said it was one of her favourite projects. Pixie [Lott] and Laura [Whitmore] loved it! So I’m excited to dive into my own experience.”

Although Strictly bosses reportedly banned people who had  become famous through reality TV from joining the ranks this year, Roberts has got experience in that realm. In 2012, she appeared on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and she took to the slopes in The Jump in 2015, before becoming a judge on Dancing on Ice. 

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She'll join broadcaster Stacey Dooley, cricketer Graeme Swann, Capital FM DJ Vick Hope, YouTuber Joe Suggs, Steps singer Faye Tozer, Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules and presenter Katie Piper.