Jowita Przystal was all smiles as she reunited with her Strictly Come Dancing co-stars to begin live tour rehearsals, with rumoured love interest Giovanni Pernice noticeably absent as he gets set to take his own show on the road.
The confetti has now settled on Jowita's Strictly victory alongside Hamza Yassin in December, with the couple topping the all important public vote in the final, to overcome their rivals after finishing bottom of the leaderboard with the judges. Jowita and Hamza's victory was a popular one and now thousands of Strictly fans are looking forward to seeing the pair recreate some of their most memorable routines on the show's live tour, which will get going later this month.
Other couples from the show including Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu, Will Mellor and Nancy Xu an Tyler West and Dianne Buswell will also be performing up and down the country, with finalist Helen Skelton having a 'partner swap' to dance with Kai Widdrington,
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The Strictly tour gets going in Birmingham on January 20 and the pros taking part reunited for the first day of rehearsals on Monday, with Dianne tagging Jowita and others including Carlos Gu and Gorka Marquez. She captioned the short video of them altogether: "Day one done!"
While Jowita and other Strictly pros are preparing for the Strictly live tour, 2021 champion Giovanni is getting ready to tour the country with his Made in Italy show. And as both dancers get stuck into rehearsals,Neil Jones.have found themselves at the centre of dating speculation, with the rumours of them being an item heating up after she was spotted leaving his London home last week.
A source told The Sun they were Strictly's 'worst kept secret, adding: "They make a great couple though, and have been pretty inseparable in the last few weeks.
"Jowita, especially, wanted to keep things quiet so she could keep focused with Hamza, and not distract from the competition."
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