The news was announced via the BBC Strictly Come Dancing Twitter page this morning.
The tweet read: “Swapping Walford for the Waltz, @bbceastenders @DavoodGhadami steps into #Strictly 2017!”
Davood is best-known for playing Kush Kazemi in hit BBC soap EastEnders since 2014.
Speaking about his excitement at taking part in the 2017 series, Davood said: “Having the opportunity to take part in this year’s Strictly is such an honour.
“It’s going to be exciting, challenging and terrifying all at once and I am so looking forward to stepping out of my comfort zone and learning to dance. See you under the Glitterball!”
Davood first hit TV screens in 2005 on The Bill and his other TV work includes Doctor Who, The Omid Djalili Show, Taggart, Silent Witness, Life’s Too Short, Law & Order, Top Boy and Skins Redux.
On stage, he has played Amir in ’13’ at the National Theatre, as well as treading the boards at York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre.
Revealing that the only other band member that she’d told was Frankie Bridge – who appeared on Strictly back in 2014 – Mollie went on to say of the show: “I always watch it with my family and I always think it looks so fun! I thought ‘this is a great time, I want to learn!’ I’m going to be giving it my all Grimmy you know it.”
Mollie continued: “I do want to win, but really I just don’t want to be out in the first week. That would be so embarrassing!
“I’m going to be lapping it up [in the spray tan booth]. If only real life was like that every day…brush your teeth, have a spray tan…
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