{"id":15332,"date":"2022-05-12T17:43:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1644304"},"modified":"2022-05-12T18:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:18:53","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-set-to-sign-gino-dacampo-for-2022-season","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictly-come-dancing-set-to-sign-gino-dacampo-for-2022-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing \u2018set to sign\u2019 Gino D\u2019Acampo for 2022 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> will be celebrating its whopping 20th season this year, and naturally the hit competition series will want to ensure it has a stellar cast of celebs to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Considering this, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/18538314\/strictly-this-morning-chef-gino-dacampo\/&quot;\">The Sun<\/a> is reporting that the show\u2019s bosses are hoping to sign up celebrity chef and TV personality Gino D\u2019Acampo, who entertained viewers on ITV\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/im-celebrity-2022-start-date\/&quot;\">I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out of Here!<\/a> back in 2009, winning the show.<\/p>\n<p>The publication cites an apparent insider who praised D\u2019Acampo\u2019s \u201cuniversal appeal\u201d, and described him as someone who is \u201cmore than capable of keeping audiences entertained\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/strictly-professionals-6321640.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=17px%2C98px%2C3955px%2C2634px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/strictly-professionals-6321640.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=17px%2C98px%2C3955px%2C2634px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/strictly-professionals-6321640.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=17px%2C98px%2C3955px%2C2634px&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" 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width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Strictly Come Dancing professionals<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>D\u2019Acampo told the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/daily-star-sunday&quot;\">Daily Star on Sunday<\/a> in 2019 that he was asked to appear on that year\u2019s season, but said: \u201cThat show would require a lot of time and training. Who has got time for that? Not me\u2026. not at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> has reached out to the BBC and Gino D\u2019Acampo\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p> <p>The series has already confirmed its cast of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-professionals-newsupdate\/&quot;\">professional dancers<\/a> this year, which will be made up of Giovanni Pernice, Johannes Radebe and Dianne Buswell amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>Two professionals who won\u2019t be returning are\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/oti-mabuse-quit-strictly-come-dancing-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Oti Mabuse<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/aljaz-skorjanec-strictly-exit-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Alja\u017e \u0160korjanec<\/a>, both of whom have left the series after seven and nine years respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, after announcing her departure, Mabuse has seemingly <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/oti-mabuse-strictly-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\">left the door open for a return<\/a>, saying: \u201cStrictly has been everything to me and has given me this amazing platform that I have. No, I\u2019m not done \u2013 it still has a place in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2022. Want something else to watch? Check out our full\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. 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