Alesha Dixon is to present CBBC’s street dance show, Alesha’s Street Dance Stars on CBBC, it was announced today.

Alesha Dixon was in the pop group Mis-Teeq ahead of becoming a contestant and wining on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2007, later returning and ousting Arlene Philips as a judge on the show in 2009.

Street Dance Stars was announced by the BBC last week as the programme auditions dancers age 10-16 across the UK in Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Newcastle, Belfast and Glasgow throughout April.