Love Island star Kach Mercer joined the lineup

The first parade announcements were made much earlier than usual – the BBC usually confirms the parade in August.

Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain recently, Ballas said: “There are going to be some people out there who make you go ‘wow’.”

“I’m excited to see what they bring to the show,” Ballas said when asked about the new promoting trio.

“I know they took a lot of chemistry tests like everybody else, and I know those chemistry tests brought those three people together, and I believe that’s absolutely incredible.”

Ballas described the number of new bodies at this year’s show as “very unusual,” but said it will still be familiar to viewers.

“I don’t think they’re going to change the scene too much, maybe a few changes here and there, but nothing major.”

Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke will all return as judges.

However, professional dancers Gorka Marquez, Nadia Bychkova, Luba Mushtuk, Karen Hauer and Michelle Tsiakas. He will not come back this year.

But other regulars will return to the dance floor, including Amy Dowden, Diane Buswell, Katya Jones, Vito Coppola and Aljaz Skorjanek.