Strictly returns with new hosting trio as celebrities find out dance pairings
Strictly Come Dancing returns with Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe taking over presenting duties from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. The programme’s celebrities are also finding out their professional dance pairings, marking a change in the show’s hosting lineup.
Strictly Come Dancing has returned with Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe taking over from long-running presenting duo Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
The programme’s celebrities are finding out their dance pairings.
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