Strictly Come Dancing 2017 line-up rumours: who will be the celebrity contestants this year?

Olympic rower Helen Glover took part in the Strictly Come Dancing Team GB special for Children In Need last year – and she seemed to have a great time. Could she plunge in for more?

Glover is also married to former Strictly contestant Steve Backshall, who would be able to brief her about how to survive the Strictly mayhem.

Anne Robinson

Anne Robinson would be a formidable force on the dance floor and a match for even the most unkind of comments from Craig Revel Horwood. Surely she wouldn’t allow herself to become the weakest link in a dance partnership?

We now also know that Robinson herself will return to The Weakest Link in November as part of Children in Need, and if this is a hit the quiz show could make a proper return in 2018 for a full BBC series – but this time featuring celebrities rather than ordinary people as the contestants.

Signing up for Strictly could be part of Robinson’s game plan to gain a whole new fan base for her quiz show return.

At 72, the TV personality would be on the older end of the scale for a Strictly contestant – but that doesn’t seem like something which would hold her back.