A dancer known as the Queen of Latin is going to replace Len Goodman as the head judge on Strictly.
Shirley Ballas, who retired from competitions in 1996, says she's "so excited and over the moon" to be joining Darcey Bussell, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli on the panel.
Shirley is the mother to Dancing with the Stars professional champion Mark Ballas.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please welcome Shirley Ballas to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Strictly?src=hash">#Strictly</a>! The 'Queen of Latin' joins our judging panel. <a href="https://t.co/yI0E3mLM6c">https://t.co/yI0E3mLM6c</a> 💃 <a href="https://t.co/rK3DyDPh05">pic.twitter.com/rK3DyDPh05</a></p>— BBC Strictly✨ (@bbcstrictly) <a href="https://twitter.com/bbcstrictly/status/861875777800986624">May 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Len stepped down in 2016 after twelve years on the show.
Strictly Come Dancing will be back on our screens this Autumn.
