The Latest Breaking News from Strictly

Alan Carr 'lined up to host Strictly Come Dancing' after Celebrity Traitors triumph

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly announced last month that they are quitting as hosts of Strictly

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025

Shirley Ballas’ future on Strictly revealed amid vile trolling and death threats

The 65-year-old has long been a victim of online trolling as a result of her position as head judge on the judging panel

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

Kevin Clifton says Stacey Dooley would be ‘amazing’ Strictly Come Dancing host

The couple met when they danced together on the show in 2018.

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

Channing Tatum left confused over Strictly star Dianne Buswell’s pregnancy on One Show

‘Roofman’ actor seemed baffled when he learnt that ‘Strictly’ star was dancing as a ‘three’

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2025

Strictly star Chris McCausland mugged at knifepoint by 'pathetic scumbags'

‘Both of them pressed flick knives into my stomach as a threat,’ the Strictly Come Dancing winner, 48, recalled

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Strictly Come Dancing’s Stefan Dennis and Dianne Buswell share health update following ‘cover-up’ claim

Professional dancer Buswell was forced to deny claims that she was sick after they spread on Instagram over the weekend

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025

Stefan Dennis pulls out of Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing due to illness

The 66-year-old Aussie and his dance partner Dianne Buswell will receive a bye to next week’s show.

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025

Alex Kingston reveals her shock womb cancer diagnosis: ‘I haemorrhaged one night on stage’

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: For the first time, the actor has opened up about the uterine cancer journey that led her to say yes to appearing on this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. She sits down with Helen Coffey to talk recovery, repping for superwomen over 60, and resisting the urge to get…

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025

Oti Mabuse: ‘Dance will always be a part of who I am’

The former Strictly Come Dancing professional talks to Lisa Salmon about life after the TV series and how she loves cooking with her daughter.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff 'back together' as they cosy up at party six months after split

The rugby star and Strictly pro split in March after 12 years together amid reports of serious money woes

Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025