Tommy Blaize

He has sung on the programme since its launch in 2004 and is one of the few original contributors still involved, alongside Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke.

With a career spanning more than five decades, Blaize has worked with artists including Diana Ross, Queen, The Beach Boys, Amy Winehouse, Joe Cocker, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder and Robbie Williams, and has released his own solo material.

Early life and background Blaize was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, to a father who served in the Royal Navy. He was aged nine when he and his two younger brothers were spotted performing in the street by talent scout Hilda Fallon and subsequently performed their first professional gig as The Blaize Brothers

The trio were discovered by a local workman who introduced them to promoter Hilda Fallon, who helped launch their career.

He also sang at the 2007 wedding of Sir Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster.

Blaize has performed at Cheltenham Jazz Festival multiple times as a featured guest artist .

In 2024, he embarked on his first national solo tour, performing 51 dates across the UK in an intimate “living-room” stage setting. During the tour, he dedicated songs to his late Strictly colleagues Sir Bruce Forsyth and Len Goodman.

Blaize has expressed enthusiasm for working with young musicians, describing it as inspiring to see new generations experience large-scale live performance.

In May 2022, Blaize and his mother Maureen were featured in the BBC series DNA Family Secrets, presented by Stacey Dooley, where it was revealed that his grandfather had been an American GI named Augusta Walls who was originally a farmer, born in 1914, from Fayette County, Tennessee, who died in 1978. Maureen was his only child, although he never knew. One of Maureen's cousins, Joe Nathan Walls, was a saxophonist with the blues musician Howlin' Wolf.

In March 2024, Blaize was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live.

In December 2025, Blaize was a contestant on ITV's The Chase Celebrity Christmas Special.

Solo Recordings Blaize released his debut album Life & Soul in December 2017 through UMOD / Universal Music, which spent two weeks in the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart and features classic soul songs including “Let's Stay Together” and “My Girl”