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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Hannah Roberts

Love Island’s Dani Dyer-Bowen and Nikita Kuzmin among first Strictly pairings

Love Island winner Dani Dyer-Bowen and professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin have been announced as dance partners for Strictly Come Dancing 2025.

Saturday’s show also saw former Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope paired with Katya Jones, who are set to perform the jive when the series gets properly under way after this weekend’s launch episode.

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