Singer and YouTube star HRVY has signed up for Strictly Come Dancing.
The 21-year-old musician, real name Harvey Leigh Cantwell, said he is "so thankful" to be part of the line-up which includes: comedian Bill Bailey, EastEnders' Maisie Smith, former boyband star Max George, boxer Nicola Adams, TV presenter JJ Chalmers, Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh, DJ Clara Amfo, former NFL player Jason Bell, ex-politician Jacqui Smith, Men Behaving Badly star Caroline Quentin and reality star Jamie Laing.
Our #Strictly line-up is complete! Meet the class of 2020 💃🕺🏻
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Speaking about taking part in the highly-anticipated new series of the dancing show, HRVY said: "Being on Strictly is going to be such an amazing experience and I'm so thankful to be taking part this year.
"I think my mum is more excited that she'll be able to see me every Saturday night now."
The former presenter of CBBC's Friday Download, was born in Kent and first rose to fame after uploading his music videos to Facebook.
He has more than a billion combined streams to his name and a social media following of more than 10 million globally. He signed to Virgin EMI in 2017 and his debut album is out this year.
HRVY performed at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2019, and has shared the stage with Jonas Blue at Capital FM's Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball.
