Strictly Come Dancing has announced the fifth contestant joining the 2024 series.
The popular ballroom show returns to BBC One this autumn with an all-new celebrity line-up taking to the dancefloor in the hopes of lifting the glitterball trophy.
Dr Punam Krishan is the fifth celebrity to be announced, an NHS GP who appears as one of the resident doctors on BBC's Morning Live.
She joins opera singer and Go Compare man Wynne Evans, '80s popstar Toyah Willcox, JLS boyband star JB Gill and comedian Chris McCausland.
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Dr Krishan appeared on Vernon Kay's BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show today (August 6), confirming her participation on the show.
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"This still doesn’t feel real. I am overjoyed to be a contestant on this year’s show," she told Kay. "I have watched Strictly every year with my family and it feels extra special that it’s the 20th year. I can’t believe I will be the one getting Strictly-fied now.
"This is so out of my comfort zone, but I’m up for the journey and will give it my absolute all."
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In addition to her Morning Live appearances, the media medic and broadcaster is known for appearing on BBC Radio Scotland.
Dr Krishan has additionally written her own children’s book How to Be a Doctor and Other Life-Saving Jobs with further books in the pipeline.
Strictly Come Dancing will return later this year on BBC One, while spin-off Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights on BBC Two. Both shows are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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