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Who Is Cynthia Erivo as She Returns to Strictly Come Dancing for New Role?
Cynthia Erivo becomes Strictly Come Dancing’s first guest mentor, coaching couples during Movie Week and supporting judges without competing on the dance floor.
- On October 11, Cynthia Erivo will appear on Strictly Come Dancing as the show's first ever guest mentor, and she will not dance.
- A celebrated actress and singer, Erivo rose to prominence last year for Wicked, starred in Pinocchio and Harriet, won BET Awards best actress and released I Forgive You this year.
- Erivo will coach the remaining 14 couples in rehearsals and sit with the judges on the night, having previously appeared as a guest judge for two weeks in 2021.
- The show ties into the upcoming Wicked sequel as Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers perform a Wicked-inspired routine to As Long As You're Mine, linked to Erivo's Elphaba and Jonathan Bailey in Wicked: For Good, releasing November 21, 2025.
- The popular programme returned last month and the Strictly Come Dancing 23rd series has now reached Movie Week as part of week three of the competition with 15 new celebrities.
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The Independent (US)Cynthia Erivo bursts into song during Strictly Come Dancing appearance
Cynthia Erivo burst into song as she sat between the Strictly Come Dancing judges during the Movie Week episode on Saturday (11 October). The Oscar-nominated Wicked star, 38, returned to the show for the first time since 2021 to mentor the crop of celebrity contestants. Erivo did not offer scores after each performance, but gave each couple feedback after they danced. After Motsi Mabuse sang the word "slow" as she asked Balvinder Sopal to feel t…
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