EXCLUSIVEMarried At First Sight UK's Ella Morgan is bidding to become first transgender contestant on Strictly Come Dancing after signing with Zara McDermott's management
Married At First Sight UK star Ella Morgan has made a bid to become the first transgender contestant to sign up to Strictly Come Dancing, MailOnline can reveal.
After representing the trans community this year when she married a stranger on TV, Ella has set her sights on starring on the 2024 series.
And she could be in with a shot after signing with the same management as Zara McDermott, 26, who has successfully moved from reality television to fronting her own BBC documentaries and starred on the show this year.
Strictly has become the most inclusive show on TV after embracing same sex partnerships and disabled contestants, with deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis winning the competition in 2021.
A source told MailOnline that Ella, 29, hopes she can continue changing the world for the better and having the chance to star on Strictly would widen her audience and therefore help to spread a positive message.
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Married At First Sight UK star Ella Morgan has made a bid to become the first transgender contestant to sign up to Strictly Come Dancing, MailOnline can reveal
![Ella could be in with a shot after signing with the same management as Strictly's Zara McDermott, who has moved from reality TV to fronting her own BBC documentaries](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/18/12/79082991-12876415-image-a-8_1702901772951.jpg)
Ella could be in with a shot after signing with the same management as Strictly's Zara McDermott, who has moved from reality TV to fronting her own BBC documentaries
![The former MAFS star attended the BBC's RuPaul's Drag Race season final premiere last week](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/18/12/79082985-12876415-The_former_MAFS_star_attended_the_BBC_s_RuPaul_s_Drag_Race_seaso-a-1_1702903285062.jpg)
The former MAFS star attended the BBC's RuPaul's Drag Race season final premiere last week
They revealed: 'Ella has been promised a meeting with BBC bosses to discuss the prospect of her joining the Strictly cast next year.
'It would be a dream come true for her, obviously she would adore wearing the sparkly costumes but also the message it sends to the nation about her transition... all she has ever wanted is to be accepted.
'Strictly has never been afraid of being inclusive or alienating viewers and that has worked in their favour, as now it's drawn in new audiences.
'Bosses want to continue reaching new viewers and breaking boundaries, a transgender contestant will certainly be a Strictly first.'
Former Coronation Street actress Ellie Leach won this year's Strictly after being crowned champion with professional partner Vito Coppola during Saturday's show.
She competed in the final against Bobby Brazier and Layton Williams, who spoke about how performing in a same sex partnership with Nikita Kuzmin had spread a 'ripple effect of love across the UK' and being able to represent the LGBTQ+ community was his 'biggest achievement.'
He also said the team gave him the opportunity to express all sides of his personality but as the show's first 'queer' man who's also 'flamboyant' he wasn't always accepted by the general public.
Speaking last week, Layton said: 'It is the first time they've had someone that has been so, a male celebrity that has been queer, of course they have had them in the past but someone that has been so flamboyant.
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Ella found fame this year starring in Channel 4 show Married At First Sight UK, becoming the first transgender contestant to join the cast of dating hopefuls
![Strictly finalist Layton Williams performed in the competition this year with Nikita Kuzmin and said being able to represent the LGBTQ+ was his 'biggest achievement'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/18/12/79083171-12876415-Strictly_finalist_Layton_Williams_performed_in_the_competition_t-a-3_1702903285077.jpg)
Strictly finalist Layton Williams performed in the competition this year with Nikita Kuzmin and said being able to represent the LGBTQ+ was his 'biggest achievement'
![Strictly has become the most inclusive show on TV after embracing same sex partnerships and disabled contestants, with deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis winning the competition in 2021](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/18/12/79082989-12876415-Strictly_has_become_the_most_inclusive_show_on_TV_after_embracin-a-4_1702903285089.jpg)
Strictly has become the most inclusive show on TV after embracing same sex partnerships and disabled contestants, with deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis winning the competition in 2021
'It is the little ripple effect of love that has been spread across the UK... in these times, people are just a little bit grumpy, I'm like cheer up girls, it's just a cheeky high kick and a flip and a lip so just get into it and that's my biggest achievement.'
Ella was the first transgender bride to appear on Channel 4 show Married At First Sight UK.
She was praised for her openness and some viewers were even left in tears after she told her co-stars about her transition.
She said: 'For me to be in this experience and be open, honest, and the most real authentic me, I wanted to share this and explain what has made me who I am today.
'This has to be one of the hardest and scariest things I have ever done. When I was born, I appeared very different to how I am today, my mum gave birth to three boys, three brothers and then me.
'My mum asked me when I was younger if I was gay and I said, "no mum, I am a woman" and she said, "you want to be a girl?" and I said "no, mum, I am a girl."'