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Strictly Come Dancing star lands new Radio 1 show

From the dancefloor to the DJ booth

Congratulations to Mollie King who has landed her first new project since her departure from Strictly Come Dancing.

The Saturdays singer will co-host of Matt Edmondson’s Saturday 1-4pm weekend show for the month of March.

She announced her news on social media with a picture of her outside the Radio 1 studios.

It said: ‘Beyond excited to announce I’ll be co-hosting a new weekend show with @matthewedmondson on @bbcradio1!! Coming soon!!💥💫 #MollieThroughMarch’

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And her fans were really excited at the news…

The 30 year old was spotted outside the BBC the day before the announcement on her Instagram account

She teased fans with a caption that simply said ‘Hi ho it’s off to work we go.. #Tuesday #January’ but didn’t reveal any other details.

I’m A Celebrity winner Scarlett Moffatt has also been confirmed as a guest co-host in a new shake up at the radio station.

DJ Matt Edmondson said:

“I am ridiculously excited about inviting some big name co-presenters to join me on Radio 1 every Saturday.”

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“I can’t wait to work with Mollie and Scarlett, not to mention the ‘reveal-them-and-you’ll-be-immediately-fired’ list of amazing names we have lined up for the rest of 2018.”

Mollie added: “I’m so excited to be co-hosting BBC Radio 1’s brand new Saturday show with Matt Edmondson. He always has me in stitches; we’re going to have a blast, bring it on!”


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor

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