Strictly Come Dancing 2025: Meet La Voix, The Showstopper Set To Steal The Season
Glitter cannons primed and sequins lined up—the weekend’s biggest celebration is ready to light up the streets.
Strictly is rolling back onto BBC One this weekend, and there is a very notable first in the 2025 lineup: La Voix is hitting the ballroom as the main show's first drag queen contestant. Last year, Tayce won the Christmas special with pro partner Kai Widdrington, so the bar for drag royalty on Strictly is already pretty high. Now it is La Voix's turn to see if that Glitterball is within reach.
Who exactly is La Voix?
La Voix is a singer, comic, and all-around live-wire performer who has been building a mainstream TV profile step by step. If you watched RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2024, you saw her make it all the way to runner-up. Before that, she popped on Britain's Got Talent and the singing competition Queen of the Universe, plus a cheeky onscreen cameo in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Off TV, she fronts a live chat show called 'La Voix Meets' where she has sat down with Dawn French, Joanna Lumley, and Su Pollard. She has even entertained the Royal Family at their New Year's Eve ball two years in a row. And behind the red hair and big voice is performer Chris Dennis, who says he's ready for audiences to meet the person under the paint as well as the diva on top.
- Age: 45
- Job: Performer/singer
- Instagram: @lavoixtheshow
- Notable TV: Britain's Got Talent; Queen of the Universe; RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2024 runner-up)
- Film: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
- Live show: La Voix Meets (guests include Dawn French, Joanna Lumley, Su Pollard)
- Fun fact: Performed at the Royal Family's New Year's Eve ball twice
Why this is a big deal for Strictly
La Voix is the first drag queen to compete in the main Strictly series. That is a different beast from the show's one-off Christmas special, where Tayce and Kai Widdrington took the trophy last year. This time, it is the weekly live-show gauntlet: the training packages, the judges, the public vote, the whole machine. Inside-baseball note: Strictly has slowly been testing new waters with casting, and this is another step forward for the main lineup.
How La Voix announced it
The reveal happened on The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, and La Voix did not pretend she is not a little nervous.
"I've performed for royalty, RuPaul and Simon Cowell, but nothing fills me with more excitement (and quite a bit of terror) than the thought of dancing in front of millions on live Saturday night TV. Strictly is a national institution and I can't wait to get started. All that's left to say is: good luck to my partner! Here's hoping they can help me go from La Voix into La Danse."
When to watch
Strictly Come Dancing returns Saturday 20 September at 6:40pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
Prediction? If she brings the nightclub showmanship while locking in the technique, the judges are going to have a lot to talk about on week one.