He and Garrett replaced vocal coaches David Grant and Carrie Grant on the panel; however, the pair still appeared as voice coaches on the series. On arriving in Europe Craig joined the famous company at the LIDO Du PARIS as a dancer in PANACHE and then as principle singer in FORMIDABLE at the MOULIN ROUGE, finding himself a year later in the UK tour of CATS in Edinburgh and Dublin. In May and June 2007, Horwood appeared as a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef, [61] reaching the final alongside Nadia Sawalha and Midge Ure. Television credits include CHILDREN IN NEED BBC, TVAM Breakfast Show, THE 1992 ROYAL VARIETY COMMAND PERFORMANCE for the BBC at the Dominion Theatre and THE 1993 LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS. Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965 [ citation needed]) is an Australian-British author, dancer, choreographer, conductor, theatre director, and former drag queen in the United Kingdom.

But after Horwood held back tears while watching Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola take home the Glitterball Trophy during last Saturday’s final, fans had theorised that Horwood could be hanging up his score paddle for good.

These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. Speaking about the reported departure, the star insisted that he would be going nowhere and would remain on the panel alongside Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke and Motsi Mabuse. His father Phil was a former Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant whose alcoholism had "torn their family apart". He directed the Welsh Première Concert Production of My Land's Shore for the Gate Theatre in Cardiff.

Horwood also appeared on CBBC's television programme 12 Again, talking about his life when he was 12 years old; on 22 February 2013, he appeared on Room 101. Horwood similarly breaks up the syllables and throws the stress forward to the final syllable for 'A-ma-zing! He was also a judge on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for seasons 16 and 17, since its 2019 'revival', along with Sharna Burgess and Tristan MacManus. Horwood appeared in Episode 5 of Series 2 of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, during which Theroux investigated the trials and tribulations of struggling New York City actors.

During the summer of 2008, he directed a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard at the Watermill Theatre, which transferred to London's West End at the Comedy Theatre.

Interview with Craig Revel Horwood; it ran from 4 December 2008 to 18 April 2009 at the Comedy Theatre. Horwood lent his vocals to a single released by other celebrities under tutorage of choirmaster Gareth Malone for the Children in Need charity single of 2014; the choir performed a version of Avicii's " Wake Me Up". Michael Rosewell coaches Craig Revel Horwood to victory in BBC Two's Maestro at the Opera – English Touring Opera". He is often seen performing ballroom and Latin routines including, in 2019, a performance themed around Hello, Dolly!Horwood and Myring plan to marry, in August 2025, at St Matthew's Church, Normanton, at Rutland Water. The way Craig got all emotional talking about thinking back to season one of Strictly Come Dancing is making me wonder is this his last season? We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. On 20 July 2021, Horwood was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts by the University of Winchester at Winchester Cathedral. He also appeared in TV specials including THE DON LANE SHOW, THE MIKE WALSH SHOW and special-guest spots on THE MIDDAY SHOW.

Regional theatre choreography credits include Pal Joey, [27] Arcadia, On the Razzle and My One and Only [28] at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Guys and Dolls in Sheffield, Anything Goes and South Pacific for Grange Park Opera and Hot Mikado at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. He started his career as a dancer in Melbourne, then moved to London to take advantage of the greater opportunities available there and to dance competitively. He directed Strictly Ballroom the Musical which was due to tour the UK from September 2020, but got pushed back to September 2022 due to COVID-19.Then in December 2012, he played the same role at the Swan Theatre in High Wycombe, again alongside Widdecombe [38] and also in December 2013 at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend.