All Saints singer Melanie Blatt has said she is “so excited” to be announced as the second celebrity to take part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

Blatt will be paired with professional dancer Kai Widdrington when she appears in the Strictly Christmas ballroom next month.

Blatt said: “If you can’t have a dance at Christmas, when can you?! I’m so excited to meet Kai and start training to make this a dance to remember.”

The news was announced on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Scott Mills on Monday.

Blatt rose to fame in All Saints in the 1990s, with the four-piece achieving five number one hit singles and two Brit awards.

In recent years she has founded her own gourmet burger business and become a finalist in Celebrity MasterChef, as well as appearing on other rea

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