Source: thesun.co.uk
Strictly Come Dancing host Bruce Forsyth is to be KNIGHTED, The Sun can reveal.
Brucie, 79 – dubbed the King of Game Show Hosts – will get the gong for services to showbiz in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June.
The award is a major victory for a campaign waged by The Sun in the wake of Brucie’s big career comeback.
Thousands of Sun readers signed an online petition for the former tap-dancer to be given the gong.
On Saturday’s BBC1 ballroom show co-host Tess Daly joked about “Sir” Brucie – a reference to our campaign.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will rubber stamp the gong before it is agreed by the Queen.
Officials had hoped to give Brucie, who has a CBE, the tribute in the New Year’s Honours, but it is believed arrangements could not be made fast enough.
He came to fame as host of the Generation Game in the 1970s – with his catchphrase “Nice to see you, to see you nice”.
The dapper star then hosted Play Your Cards Right and The Price is Right before his career went quiet.
But in 2003 the three times married dad of six made a comeback on Have I Got News For You – and the first series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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