Here’s everything you need to know about Tom as he takes to the dance floor. <\/p>
Musician Tom Fletcher was the first celebrity to be announced for this year\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>.<\/p>\n He is one of the 15 contestants in the Strictly Come Dancing 2021 line-up<\/a>, as the show returns to a full series this year.<\/p>\n Best known for being the lead vocalist and guitarist of pop band McFly, Tom is quite the performer. But will it translate to the dance floor?<\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Tom Fletcher as he makes his Strictly debut.<\/p>\n Age:\u00a0<\/strong>36<\/p>\n Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Musician and author<\/p>\n Instagram:\u00a0<\/strong>@tomfletcher<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter:\u00a0<\/strong>@TomFletcher<\/a><\/p>\n Tom Fletcher is an author, composer, musician, singer and songwriter.<\/p>\n He is one of the lead vocalists and rhythm guitarist of English pop rock band McFly, alongside Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd.<\/p>\n Alongside his music career, Tom is also one of the UK\u2019s bestselling authors for children, with his books, including <\/span>The Christmasaurus, The Creakers and There\u2019s a Monster in Your Book, going on to be translated into over 30 languages.<\/p>\n Tom\u2019s group member Harry Judd famously won the ninth series of Strictly in 2011, so could Tom follow in his footsteps and take home the Glitterball this year? Only time will tell\u2026<\/p> Tom was announced as part of the Strictly line-up on Wednesday, 4th August during an episode of The One Show.<\/p>\n Speaking of his new signing, he said: \u201c<\/i>I think the fact that I\u2019m actually going to be dancing on Strictly this year has only just started to sink in while I\u2019m writing this! I\u2019m incredibly excited, of course, but also totally terrified!<\/p>\n \u201cMy kids were excited too until I started showing them my best dad-dancing in the kitchen. I\u2019m not sure how far they\u2019ll get me in the competition but I can\u2019t wait to add some new moves to my embarrassing dad-dancing repertoire.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s happening! Bring on the spray tan and sequins ???? https:\/\/t.co\/Jps4RCE9Rb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Tom Fletcher (@TomFletcher) August 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> Here’s everything you need to know about Tom as he takes to the dance floor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2775,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/meet-tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant-and-mcfly-star.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/meet-tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant-and-mcfly-star-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/meet-tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant-and-mcfly-star-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/meet-tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant-and-mcfly-star.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/meet-tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant-and-mcfly-star.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/meet-tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant-and-mcfly-star.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/meet-tom-fletcher-strictly-come-dancing-2021-contestant-and-mcfly-star.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Here's everything you need to know about Tom as he takes to the dance floor.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/2774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is Tom Fletcher?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What has Tom said about joining Strictly Come Dancing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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