Is First Date’s Fred Sirieix going to appear on the next series of Strictly?

Fandangoing Frenchman or Dad dancer?

Fred Siriex

by Daisy Smith |
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Strictly Come Dancing has only just appeared back on our screens but everyone’s favourite Frenchman, Fred Sirieix, has already put his hat in the ring for the next series and it’s something we’d love to see.

Speaking to exclusively Closer, Fred, 48, revealed that he would love to appear to the hit BBC show but said that whilst he enjoys dancing, he doesn’t have "much rhythm".

He admitted, “I’m a bit of a dad dancer. I don’t have any shame. I don’t think I would go very far on Strictly, but I would give it a good crack.”

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Ann Widdecombe as Big Bird1 of 13
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1. Ann Widdecombe as Big Bird

Bruce Forsyth shooing McFly off the dancefloor after Harry Judd won in 20112 of 13
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2. Bruce Forsyth shooing McFly off the dancefloor after Harry Judd won in 2011

Gavin Henson snogging Bruno Tonioli3 of 13
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3. Gavin Henson snogging Bruno Tonioli

Mrak Ramprakash getting tangled up with his partner Karen Hardy4 of 13
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4. Mark Ramprakash getting tangled up with his partner Karen Hardy

Russell Grant emerging from a seashell5 of 13

5. Russell Grant emerging from a seashell

6. Nancy Dell'Olio's terrible Halloween performance6 of 13
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6. Nancy Dell'Olio's terrible Halloween performance

Quentin Wilson gets the lowest score ever. Erm, 8 out of 40...7 of 13
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7. Quentin Wilson gets the lowest score ever. Erm, 8 out of 40...

Ann Widdecombe's Paso Doble8 of 13
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9. Ann Widdecombe's Paso Doble

John Sergeant's wasn't much better, mind you...9 of 13
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10. John Sergeant's wasn't much better, mind you...

Bruce Forsyth and Anton du Beck join forces10 of 13
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11. Bruce Forsyth and Anton du Beck join forces

Russell Grant gets shot out of a cannon11 of 13

Russell Grant gets shot out of a cannon

Ed Balls' EPIC Gangnam Style routine12 of 13
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12. Ed Balls' EPIC Gangnam Style routine

Susan Calman totally killing it as Wonder Woman13 of 13
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13. Susan Calman totally killing it as Wonder Woman

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The First Dates host has always seemed very suave in our eyes, so we think he’d be alright.

And Fred wouldn’t be the first chef to appear on Strictly. He’d be following in the footsteps of Gary Rhodes, Ainsley Harriott, Dave Myers, Simon Rimmer and Greg Wallace… None of whom managed to get anywhere near the final… Who knows, maybe he’ll be the one to turn their luck around?

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But it seems like he’ll have some competition in the form of The Great British Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood who revealed that he had previously been asked to go on the BBC dance contest back in 2018 but had to pull out due to travel commitments for The Great American Baking Show, the US spin-off show of Bake Off.

Paul did however hint that he would be keen to take part in Strictly Come Dancing stating that ‘maybe one year’ he will join the reality competition as a contestant.

Sorry Paul, we love you as a judge, but we’d rather see Fred shimmy his stuff on the dance floor.

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