Cassidy to take to the Strictly dance floor tonight

Cassidy Little, will be performing the Pasodoble with Natalie Lowe on BBC One’s The People’s Strictly for Comic Relief.

For the first time in the show’s 11-year-history, six members of the public will take the places of famous faces and Cassidy, 33, was plucked from 11,000 entries to take part in The People’s Strictly.

Tonight, all six contestants will compete on the famous Strictly Come Dancing ballroom, as they vie for the judges’ scores and viewers’ votes. The judges’ scores will be for guidance only, and the public will have the deciding vote.

Tonight’s show will be followed by the live final on Comic Relief Night this Friday, with money raised from viewers’ votes going towards the good causes Comic Relief supports.

The former Royal Marine medic, originally from Canada, lost his right leg below the knee during a tour of Afghanistan in 2011, in an explosion that killed three of his colleagues and seriously injured another four. He is credited with helping other Marines through rehab.

Cassidy said: “Since being injured, I’ve done some incredible things, and this is another incredible experience, which just pulls me along that pathway.”

Show your support for Cassidy and make sure you tune in to watch The People’s Strictly at 9pm on BBC One tonight.