Strictly Come Dancing 2026

[PlayMistyForMe]

Poor Vito, can’t be excited about his close friend's baby when he had to help keep her pregnancy secret all the way through the tour, can’t use an inspirational quote like all the other pros, can’t even helpfully demonstrate a restorative hip exercise in his pants. What a life.

 

[Charlie Brown]

Poor Vito, can’t be excited about his close friend's baby when he had to help keep her pregnancy secret all the way through the tour, can’t use an inspirational quote like all the other pros, can’t even helpfully demonstrate a restorative hip exercise in his pants. What a life.

Absolutely agree with you. What we need is more inspirational quotes from Vito. Getting ready for his next book.

Here Vito is helpfully demonstrating the advantages of a nose plaster to stop you snoring once your hip is better

 

[itsxomyxolife]

Nadiya has just announced her departure on Instagram

Seems like they’re doing it every few days, my bet’s on Gorka being next

 

[happyhippo63]

 

[Big Fat Sue]

Interesting. Wonder if this means a slot on ITT.

 

[Charlie Brown]

Interesting. Wonder if this means a slot on ITT.

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Surely not, great looks, ok dancer, but no personality. Not likely to attract viewers, she never attracted voters after all. ITT surely cannot continue as a week nightly half hour show. I would miss the training vids and interviews with the couples and choreography corner. Hope this can be accommodated in an after the results show one off and and Friday hour long show. Either would be better hosted by Neil, he is good on TV and a and maybe someone like Joanne Clifton

 

[UnknownTattler]

No "I've decided to leave" bit, but a more positive post than I was expecting from the queen of vaguebooking I think there was talk of her being involved in choreography?

 

[nohopefletcher]

And another one bites the dust

 

[happyhippo63]

do we think strictly has got these all in the drafts

 

[PlayMistyForMe]

I know people don't like Nadiya, but that is a nice, classy message of hers. Wonder if Michelle will do one.

 

[under the ivy]

 

[Boogs]

Dan Walker right now.

 

[Big Fat Sue]

Dan Walker right now.

Maybe Dan and Nadiya are the new hosts

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

Nadiya was on the show for NINE YEARS?!?!?!?! So how come the only dance of hers I can remember is that pro-Christian lobster tit?

Still, at least now she'll have the time to really make a go of that singing career we've all been eagerly anticipating.

 

[Boogs]

Maybe Dan and Nadiya are the new hosts

If they make it a late night show they could cure insomnia.

 

[Hedylamar]

If they make it a late night show they could cure insomnia.

With Dan hosting a radio brekkie program and the news at Five gig too he'll never sleep! Poor chap

 

[raindropsroses]

Nadiya is a stunningly beautiful woman, and of course a great dancer, but I don’t feel like she’ll be a huge loss to the show.

 

[Honeystar]

I presume they’re spreading the announcements out to give each one their moment, rather than announcing them all in one go.

 

[happyhippo63]

I’m still confused what’s happening to neil and nancy?

this is what the nadiya article says about them
‘The Sun exclusively revealed the 36-year-old, as well as fellow pros Neil Jones, 43, and Nancy Xu, 34, were the latest casualties of radical changes to the line-up’

Like are they gone?? or different contracts or are they doing this so nancy doesn’t flip out again

 

[itsxomyxolife]

I’m still confused what’s happening to neil and nancy?

this is what the nadiya article says about them
‘The Sun exclusively revealed the 36-year-old, as well as fellow pros Neil Jones, 43, and Nancy Xu, 34, were the latest casualties of radical changes to the line-up’

Like are they gone?? or different contracts or are they doing this so nancy doesn’t flip out again

Apparently they’re on a different “reduced” contract where they may still be involved in group dances and stuff but won’t have partners, so automatically benched basically