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Strictly Come Dancing is back once again as Dani Dyer and Lewis Cope became the first of this year’s celebrities to find out their professional dance partners in Saturday’s launch show.
The Love Island star, 29, is partnered with Nikita Kuzmin after she revealed her mother-in-law predicted who her dance partner would be.
The mum-of-three told the Daily Mail: ‘She said it would be one of two professionals, and she was spot on.’
As Nikita ran through the door she exclaimed: ‘I’m in shock. I just want to learn how to move the hips!’
Meanwhile Emmerdale star Lewis has been paired with Katya Jones after the actor was drafted in as a last minute replacement for Kristian Nair after he was forced to quit the show.
Ross King appeared overjoyed as he swept Jowita Przystał off her feet as he joked: ‘You drew the short straw and you drew the short Scottish person’ as his dancer was revealed.
Scandal hit Strictly RETURNS: Dani Dyer and Lewis Cope have become the first celebrities to find out their partners as this year’s series kicks off
The gruelling BBC competition has faced scandal after scandal in recent years and this year’s series has been no different
La Voix will be dancing with Aljaž Škorjanec, after the drag performer joked that he was her ‘second choice’.
Pretending to storm out the room as Aljaž entered the room, she teased: ‘That’s not who I wanted’ before coming back in to give him a huge hug.
Rugby player Chris Robshaw will take to the floor with Nadiya Bychkova after the sports star admitted he was stepping well out of his “comfort zone” by signing up for the show.
He commented: ‘This is about as far out of my comfort zone as it gets! I’m hoping to take my dad dancing to a whole new level, and my mum can’t wait to drag me along to her Zumba class.
‘Let’s see if a rugby sidestep works in the Cha Cha Cha.’
Ross King appeared overjoyed as he swept Jowita Przystał off her feet as he joked: ‘You drew the short straw and you drew the short Scottish person’ as his dancer was revealed
La Voix will be dancing with Aljaž Škorjanec, after the drag performer joked that he was her ‘second choice’
Rugby player Chris Robshaw will take to the floor with Nadiya Bychkova after the sports star admitted he was stepping well out of his “comfort zone” by signing up for the show
The gruelling BBC competition has faced scandal after scandal in recent years and this year’s series has been no different.
Thomas Skinner has found himself at the centre of headlines this week after admitting to cheating on his wife just weeks after their wedding in May 2022. Claiming the ‘two week fling’ was a ‘moment of madness’.
However ‘secret mistress’ Amy-Lucy O’Rourke later suggested in an interview with the Daily Mail that their secret relationship lasted three months, during which time he said he was in love with her and unhappy with his wife.
While Thomas’s ‘secret mistress’ has vowed to expose even more about their affair, the star addressed his 700,000 followers on Thursday, in which he referenced the ‘dark shadows’ of life.
Alongside a selfie, he penned: ‘Good Morning You Lovely People!!’.
Thomas continued: ‘Nice early start in the gym finishing up my work out and looking forward to another day of dancing with my wonderful Strictly partner.
‘Remeber [sic]….Never give up, because one day you will look back and be glad you didn’t!
‘Now go smash it! You are ten times stronger than you can ever imagine.
‘Make today your day!! Keep your face pointing to the sunshine and the dark shadows will always fall behind you! Bosh.’
Mere hours earlier, Amy-Lucy had insisted she wasn’t a ‘homewrecker’ after being targeted by trolls.
Meanwhile on her own Instagram Stories on Monday, the aesthetician said: ‘I just wanted to come on and say thank you to everyone for sending me really nice messages.’
