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80's Pop Star Turned Reverand Richard Coles Announced For Strictly

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10:27 11 Aug 2017


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The Communards star Reverend Richard Coles is the fifth celebrity confirmed for this year's Strictly Come Dancing.

As well being part of an '80s pop band Richard is also a Church of Ireland priest. 

The show announced the news on their Twitter this morning. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy glitterballs! The <a href="https://twitter.com/RevRichardColes">@RevRichardColes</a> is joining <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Strictly?src=hash">#Strictly</a>! 😇 <a href="https://t.co/PtUIQWrRxQ">https://t.co/PtUIQWrRxQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/pxwoK8zTpl">pic.twitter.com/pxwoK8zTpl</a></p>&mdash; BBC Strictly✨ (@bbcstrictly) <a href="https://twitter.com/bbcstrictly/status/895913576841523200">August 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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One of The Communards most well known songs is 'Don't Leave Me This Way.'

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Richard has said "Cometh the hour, cometh the overweight vicar with arthritis in the knees," in response to his taking part in the show. 


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