{"id":41967,"date":"2025-04-22T20:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41967\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T20:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:15:20","slug":"bristol-born-tv-star-confirms-theyre-in-talks-to-appear-on-strictly-come-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41967\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol-born TV star confirms they’re ‘in talks’ to appear on Strictly Come Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Place In The Sun star Craig Rowe is hoping for a shot at lifting the glitterball trophy this yea\"StrictlyCraig is hoping to be one of the celebs to dance in front of Strictly’s judges this year(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

A former This Morning star has confirmed he’s in discussions to join the next series of Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>. TV personality, Craig Rowe, is eager to strut his stuff on the dance floor after embarking on a fitness journey following a health scare that prompted him to overhaul his lifestyle.<\/p>\n

The A Place In The Sun host, who was born in Bristol, was cautioned by doctors about his increased risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes due to his weight. Heeding medical advice, he revamped his life by reducing his intake of sweet treats, sugar, and alcohol, while also committing to regular exercise six times a week and adopting a healthier diet.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the medical advice he received, he remarked two years prior: “I know firsthand sadly how diabetes can affect you as my late grandad had suffered from diabetes, as had his brothers.<\/p>\n

“I’ve now learnt that diabetes is two to four times more likely to affect Black or Asian people as it does white people.”<\/p>\n

With a goal to lower his blood sugar levels, he made big lifestyle changes. He shared: “Just four months after my initial doctor’s visit, I returned for a check-up and my blood levels had significantly dropped to 30, which is within the normal range, though still at the higher end. I was overjoyed.”<\/p>\n

Now, he’s looking to take his journey to the small screen, with his agent in talks with various reality shows.<\/p>\n

\"CraigBristol-born Craig has appeared on This Morning and A Place in the Sun(Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

He shared with The Sun<\/a>: “There’s definitely been a little bit of a rumble that I felt from some of them. We’ve spoken to Strictly and nothing’s happened yet, but talks are very much happening. Obviously, Strictly is the one that is gold standard.”<\/p>\n

Craig, with roots extending to Wales and Jamaica, has graced our screens on QVC, Sky Travel, and CBBC, and has also worked behind the camera in production at the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He is proud of his origins in Bristol although he relocated to London in his twenties, along with his younger sister, yet remains tightly connected to his birth city.<\/p>\n

In a interview with Bristol Live back in 2022, the entertainer expressed his love of the city: “Even though I left Bristol a long time ago, it’s still very much part of my life.”<\/p>\n

\"CraigCraig has embraced a healthy lifestyle(Image: craigrowetv\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

Recounting his experience introducing his partner to the city’s infectious energy last year, Craig said: “We had a really good weekend, and he really fell in love with the city as well which is brilliant.”<\/p>\n

Before securing his gig on A Place In The Sun, he couldn’t hold back his excitement about possibly joining the show, saying: “I know it’s a clich\u00e9 to say but A Place in the Sun is a dream job because I’ve always liked travelling, I’ve had an interest in property since my mid-20s and obviously I’ve worked in TV, so it was like the three things coming together.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Place In The Sun star Craig Rowe is hoping for a shot at lifting the glitterball trophy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[192,381,748,393,4884,1888,817,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-41967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","14":"tag-this-morning","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114383455842561302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}