Richie Anderson

2022 - 9 - 23

Giovanni Pernice Giovanni Pernice

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Who is Richie Anderson on BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2022? (Manchester Evening News)

From now until Christmas a host of celebrities will take to the dancefloor each week as they try to impress the judges and stay in the competition. And among ...

The show had been due to launch on Saturday 17 September but was put back six days following the death of the Queen. To me, Strictly is like the equivalent of like a warm log fire on a winter night, it just makes my soul glow. I can do that as well.'" The film showed his teammates hugging him as they supported him. I'm taking the pressure off by thinking that way!" Richie added: "When I was seven, I used to go to an after school dance club at my local church. So to be part of that is just a massive honour." I went to this dance club for about eight weeks and it somehow got worse. And among those taking part this year is Strictly 'superfan' Richie Anderson. He posted about the romantic getaway on Twitter on July 23. Since 2019 he has been the weekday travel news reporter on BBC Radio 2. He wrote: "This time last week, me and my Dean were sailing the Mediterranean on the beautiful @CelebrityCruise celebrating our (early) 10 year anniversary.

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Strictly: Richie fears all-male duo might be challenging for Giovanni (Metro)

Strictly Come Dancing's Richie Anderson hopes partner Giovanni Pernice won't be out of his depth as they prepare for the live shows.

This might be his biggest challenge yet.’ [given the option to choose.](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/21/strictly-2022-richie-anderson-given-option-over-all-male-pairing-17418152/) [Strictly Come Dancing’s Matt Goss ‘immediately humbled’ after thinking performer background would be an ‘advantage’](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/21/strictly-matt-goss-humbled-after-thinking-he-would-have-advantage-17421478/?ico=more_text_links) [Strictly Come Dancing’s Ellie Simmonds reveals how routines will be adjusted ahead of show launch](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/21/strictly-2022-ellie-simmonds-reveals-how-routines-will-be-adjusted-17425333/?ico=more_text_links) [, was the hot favourite to be in an all-male pairing](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/07/strictly-come-dancing-2022-giovanni-pernice-ready-for-male-partner-17142157/) this year, it was finally confirmed that the Latin pro was partnered to Radio 2 presenter Richie. [Strictly Come Dancing](https://metro.co.uk/tag/strictly-come-dancing/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1)’s Richie Anderson hopes partner [Giovanni Pernice](https://metro.co.uk/tag/giovanni-pernice/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK2) won’t be out of his depth as they prepare for the live shows.

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