Emmerdale’s Lawrence Robb was the twelfth celebrity to be announced for Strictly Come Dancing on Thursday ahead of its launch this autumn.The news was announced via @bbcstrictly’s official social channels on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.Fans have been sharing their disappointment about the show’s weak line-up on social media due to the lack of huge household names announced so far. Hailing from Glasgow, Lawrence is best known for his role in ITV’s Emmerdale as Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Boyd, now a popular member of the show’s iconic Dingle family. Since joining the series six years ago, Lawrence has been at the centre of many of the show’s most explosive and talked-about storylines – affairs, kidnap, murder, and this year’s landmark Coronation Street crossover series, Corriedale. Emmerdale’s Lawrence Robb was the 12th celebrity to be announced for Strictly Come Dancing on Thursday – as fans share disappointment over the ‘weak’ line-upBefore arriving in the Dales, Lawrence’s TV and stage credits include I Hate Suzie opposite Billie Piper, Legally Blonde The Musical, and Mojo in the West End.Lawrence Robb said: ‘I don’t know who’s more excited about this, me or my Mother. I can’t quite believe that I am going to be getting my dancing shoes on this September on one of my favourite shows of all time! ‘It’s a dream come true, and I can’t wait to bring my all to ballroom. Wish me luck, and any advice is very welcome – trust me I’ll need it!’Lawrence joins Lacey Turner, Dani Dyer, Delta Goodrem, Chris Appleton, Cach Mercer, Will Best, Dame Sarah Storey, Jaime Winstone, Bethany Antonia, Shaun Wright-Phillips, and Graeme Hall in the 2026 Strictly Come Dancing line-up. While some Emmerdale fans were excited by the latest news, the general consensus has been that a lot of people have struggled to recognise many of the names in the line-up. Some Emmerdale fans were excited by the latest announcement, but others expressed disappointment over the lack of big names in the line-up The day before, presenter and bestselling author Graeme ‘The Dogfather’ Hall was announced as the 11th Celebrity taking part in this year’s show They wrote: ‘I generally know one person out of everyone that’s been announced. Where are the celebrities? ‘This male line up so far is kinda disappointing ngl.”I might skip Strictly this year. All my favourite dancers have discontinued, I don’t recognise any of the celebrities. The hosts are new and it just seems like a damp squibb.’Presenter and best-selling author Graeme ‘The Dogfather’ Hall was announced on Wednesday.And fans wrote: ‘This has got to be one of weakest line ups; I only know 5 people so far this year but I’m sure I’ll love the others once they start getting their groove on;’Yet another ‘who’ from me; Who are these “celebrities”?; Another one that I have never heard of; Scrapped the barrel yet again absolute farce’. One of the biggest names, EastEnders star Lacey was the first contestant announced as she is currently on an extended break from playing her iconic character Stacey Slater in the soap and is keen to use her time to train for the BBC competition, which will start in September. In a video shared to Instagram, Lacey admitted she is ‘terrified’ to be taking part in the BBC show, which will return to screens in September, and can’t wait to ‘learn a new skill’.She said: ‘Hello it’s Lacey Turner I can’t quite believe that I’m actually saying this but I want to let you in on a little secret.’This September I will be taking my little toes onto the dancefloor to do Strictly Come Dancing.’I can’t believe it. I’m so excited and terrified at the same time but I’ve had so many friends do Strictly and I thought it was about time that I plucked up the courage and made my way onto that dance floor. So, there you go the secret is out, see you there in September.’It comes after it was revealed Dani is also making her Strictly comeback.The TV star has been confirmed as the second celeb to take part in the 2026 series of Strictly Come Dancing one year after she was forced to quit the 2025 run after fracturing her ankle during rehearsals.Dani said: ‘I am so excited to be back in the ballroom this September!”I just cannot wait to get my dancing shoes back on and hopefully this time around I can actually make it to week one! I’m just over the moon and cannot wait to find out who else is doing it!’Upon her exit last year, BBC bosses confirmed the door would be left open for ‘heartbroken’ Dani to return for the 2026 series as they said they ‘hope to welcome her back to the ballroom in the future’.Elsewhere, the returning Strictly professional dancers shared a glimpse inside day one of rehearsals for the 2026 series on Instagram. Amy Dowden, Dianne Buswell and Jowita Przystal are among the stars returning to the dancefloor this year after the BBC show underwent a major shake-up.The stars were also joined by returning pro Carlos Gu, 33, who scooped the coveted Glitterball Trophy with footballer Karen Carney.As well as Katya Jones, Kai Widdrington, Aljaž Škorjanec, Lauren Oakley, Nancy Xu, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Alexis Warr, Julian Caillon and Vito Coppola.Five new faces were recently announced to the pro line-up, months after the Strictly axe ‘bloodbath’ saw bosses ditch stars Michelle Tsiakkas, Karen Hauer, Nadiya Bychkova, Luba Mushtuk and Gorka Marquez.Making their Strictly dancer debut this Autumn will be Ukrainian Aleksandra Isaeva, Italian hunk Cristian Priori, South African latin champion Lethabo Monametsi as well as Canadian dancer Mark Karmalita and UK National Ballroom Champion Maddie Ingoldsby.