Strictly risks fix row as trained West End star Les Dennis is revealed as final star

STRICTLY Come Dancing risks yet another fix row as West End star Les Dennis completed the line-up today.

Les, 69, might we well known for hosting Family Fortunes but he has also trod the boards on many occasions.

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He has appeared in number of hit plays and musicals, which have featured dancing, including Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Only Fools And Horses The Musical, Chicago, The Addams Family and most recently 42^nd Street.

While he might not have gone to theatre school, he’s certainly had plenty of training before being up to scratch to hit the stage.

Many Strictly fans have picked up on his experience, with one person commenting: “He is a trained dancer, OK he might not be as good as he used to be but, he will not be a John Sergeant.”

A second said: “I saw Les as Wilbur in Hairspray, he was brilliant.   Les you’re Timeless to Me.”

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While a third added: “Les Dennis is  doing it and he’s touring in 42nd Street at the moment!”

Les has had a career in the entertainment industry spanning five decades, becoming a stalwart of Saturday night TV starring in comedies including The Les Dennis Laughter Show and The Russ Abbot Show, and most famously as the host of ITV's popular game show Family Fortunes from 1987 until 2002.

He is also well loved for being on ITV soap Coronation Street as Michael Rodwell from 2014 to 2016.

Appearing on ITV's Good Morning Britain to reveal himself as the 15th and final Strictly contestant, he said: "I had a knee replacement two years ago and I remember thinking to myself, 'I need to slow down', but being asked to do this, it puts a spring in your step.

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"I'm excited and I'm terrified. People of any age can do anything."

Born in Liverpool, Dennis has been married three times, most famously to Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden in 1995 before splitting in 2002.

His other TV credits include Celebrity Big Brother, Casualty, Merseybeat, Hotel Babylon and Birds Of A Feather.

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