80's icon Toyah Willcox 'signs up for Strictly Come Dancing' after being inspired by pal Angela Rippon By Laura Parkin For Mailonline Published: 01:43 BST, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 9 June 2024 e-mail View comments 80's icon Toyah Willcox has 'signed up for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing,' it was reported on Saturday. The singer, 66, is set to get her dancing shoes on for the BBC competition which kicks off in September. She is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her friend Angela Rippon who starred on the series last year, according to The Sun .
Toyah could be joining other rumoured celebrities; Nicola Roberts , Dave Fishwick, Chris McCausland, Gladiator Nitro, Coronation Street actress Helen Worth and Olympian Laura Kenny . Speaking in April, she admitted to The Mirror that she would be keen to take part in the show 'with in the next few years.' 80's icon Toyah Willcox has 'signed up for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing,' it was reported on Saturday (pictured in August 2023) Toyah revealed: 'I'd have to do it sooner rather than later, because I'm not gonna be able to move.
I do understand how hard they work. I'm friends with Angela Rippon and she was extraordinary. 'If I'm going to do it, it's gonna have to happen within the next few years because I don't think I'll be able to move like that in two years' time.
But, you know, the whole wants to do Strictly, I wouldn't say no.' MailOnline has contacted Toyah's representative for comment. Toyah saw ei.
