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Inside Strictly’s Tasha Ghouri’s rise to fame from ‘struggle’ in Love Island to her dancing past as she sparks fix row
Strictly won't be the first time that Tasha will have put her dancing shoes on
TASHA Ghouri has become the second Love Island star in history to be signed up to Strictly Come Dancing.
The star was among the famous faces revealed for the BBC dancing contest earlier this week.
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Tasha will be joined by fellow reality star Pete Wicks as well as Toyah Wilcox, Olympian Tom Dean and JLS singer JB Gill.
Fans of Tasha were first introduced to the star back in 2022 where she made the final of Love Island alongside her boyfriend Andrew Le Page.
Tasha, who is deaf, has previously opened up on how she has navigated life in the celebrity world with her condition and admitted that she had struggles during her stay in the Love Island villa.
She was born deaf into a hearing family and had a cochlear implant – a small electronic device in her right ear – fitted at the age of five, which allowed her to hear for the first time.
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Speaking in a YouTube video about being deaf in the villa, shortly after leaving the ITV2 programme, Tasha said: “Being in the villa, in such an intense environment, I struggled in conversations or when people said I’ve got a text, and read out the text, I would be like ‘oh what did the text say?’ I miss out quite a lot so it wasn’t easy in the villa.”
Explaining why she struggled, the star said: “I am constantly having to lip read, even though I have my cochlear implant. Everyday, constantly, especially being in a social environment.
“I suffer from bad migraines because my brain is so overworking and because of the magnet and the coil it is quite painful quite a lot because they’re such strong magnets. They are really strong and can really pulsate and give me really bad headaches.”
Not surprisingly, Tasha found it hard at times on the show as she kept up with the constant chatter – and her emotions were felt full force.
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She continued: “Sometimes in the villa I was honestly exhausted, even after a challenge.
“You’ve been in the sun all day, really hot weather can make you tired, so it was double the effect and it can make you more emotional as well, which is actually a proven thing because when you are really fatigued and tired.
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“I do wear my heart on my sleeve, I am an emotional person anyway but there were days you know when I had a really bad headache, I was tired, I just wanted to go to sleep and my emotions would really overtake me.
“So being in the villa was also hard with that in that scenario. I am not sitting here looking for sympathy, I’m just explaining how it is growing up with cochlear implant.”
Before becoming a famed Islander, Tasha was working as both a commercial model and a dancer - a fact bound to spark fix rumours.
The star had been sharing dancing clips to social media months before being handed a coveted spot on the ITV2 dating show.
Strictly 2024 line-up
Chris McClausland
- The comedian, 47, who is blind, is best known for playing Rudi in the CBeebies show Me Too!
Jamie Borthwick
- The actor, 30 has played Jay Brown in EastEnders since 2006.
Nick Knowles
- The 61-year-old has presented DIY SOS since 1999.
Pete Wicks
- The 36-year-old shot to fame on ITVBe's Towie.
Tom Dean
- Olympian swimmer Tom, 24, won gold in the 200m Olympic 2020, and as part of the 4x200m relay medley.
Paul Merson
The 56-year-old is a former pro footballer, who played for Arsenal.
Toyah Willcox
- The 66-year-old is a singer who shot to fame in the 70s.
Tasha Ghouri
- The 25-year-old took part in Love Island back in 2022.
Sam Quek
- Sam, 35, is a former field hockey player.
Shayne Ward
- The 39-year-old won the second series of The X Factor.
JB Gill
- JB, 39, is best known for being part of JLS.
Wynne Evans
- The singer, 52, specialises in opera and stars on the Go Compare adverts.
DR Punam Krishan
- The NHS doctor appears on BBC Morning Live helping others out
Montell Douglas
- The 38-year-old just appeared on Gladiators as Fire.
However, upon being revealed as a contestant on the programme, the ex of axed pro Giovanni Pernice, said: "I've not danced for quite a few years, since Love Island my career is so different.
"It's such a different dance style, I may actually not be good at it, like ballet - I'm not good at ballet.
"I'm trained in commercial street style it's going to be very hard but I'm excited for a challenge."
Who's confirmed for Strictly 2024?
WITH Strictly's 20th anniversary special airing in September, The Sun takes a look at which celebs have been confirmed for the new series:
- EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick.
- Athlete Tom Dean is is a three-time Olympic champion.
- X Factor winner and former Corrie star Shayne Ward.
- Miranda star Sarah Hadland.
- Gladiators star Montell Douglas AKA Fire.
- Football pundit Paul Merson.
- DIY SOS sat Nick Knowles.
- Olympic hero Sam Quek.
- Towie legend Pete Wicks.
- Love Island star Tasha Ghouri.
- Morning Live star Dr Punam Krishan.
- 80s legend and singer Toyah Willcox.
- Opera singer Wynne Evans.
- JLS singer JB Gill.
- Comedian Chris McCausland.
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