Fans delighted as Strictly Come Dancing legend ‘confirms’ shock return

One Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational near the BBC amusement 5 years agone – but present he’s back.

Kevin Clifton joined Strictly successful 2013 and remained portion of the glittering madness until 2019, having lifted the coveted glitterball grophy with Stacey Dooley successful bid 16.

The creation partners went connected to go real-life partners, present sharing young girl Minnie aft getting unneurotic soon aft their large win.

Kevin, 42, primitively announced his departure from Strictly by thanking the amusement and his chap pro dancers for ‘inspiring’ him, vowing to permission ‘on a high’ by moving connected to a caller chapter.

However, it seems helium inactive has a batch of emotion for the programme that catapulted him to household fame, having returned to the workplace this week.

Last night, the Grimsby-born choreographer took to his Instagram Story with a drawback taken wrong the studio.

He shared the pic to his socials without a caption, leaving Strictly fanatics to wonderment what helium was up to, having seemingly captured the changeable from down the judges’ table.

His station volition nonstop fans into a frenzy though, nary doubt, arsenic the Strictly viewership has agelong declared it’s ‘not the same’ present without him.

What was wide from the picture, though, was that the wheels are successful afloat question to prep the workplace for Halloween Week, arsenic creepy decorations were displayed astir the place.

Tonight, the likes of Shayne Ward, Tasha Ghouri, Pete Wicks, Chris McCausland, and Jamie Borthwick volition instrumentality for week 6, performing routines successful Halloween attire for Strictly’s hotly anticipated spooky special.

Viewers volition beryllium treated to the archetypal Argentine tango of the bid from Sarah Hadland, portion Sam Quek performs a Time Warp jive and Wynne Evans channels Jamiroquai for his salsa.

They’re each hopeless to support their places successful the competition, aft Paul Merson was sent location past week – and possibly they’ll person the added unit of a erstwhile Strictly fable watching successful the audience?

Kevin surely wouldn’t beryllium the archetypal erstwhile Strictly pro to instrumentality to the ballroom, arsenic Oti Mabuse was spotted successful the assemblage past play having choreographed a professionals’ number.

Speaking antecedently astir Strictly, Kevin, who reached 4 finals consecutively, spilled immoderate glitzy beans astir what goes connected down the cameras.

In 2021, the dancer hinted astatine a feud betwixt 1 pairing, arsenic it a pro ‘made it obvious’, apparently, that they didn’t similar their personage partner.

He went connected to say: ‘It doesn’t hap precise often, [but] I person seen it.

‘I won’t sanction names, but I person seen it from idiosyncratic who was not blessed with their pairing and they made it rather obvious.’

Kevin, who was antecedently paired with the likes of Susanna Reid, Louis Redknapp, and Susan Calman, has ever made it wide though that helium would spell backmost to Strictly if the clip was right.

‘Would you spell back, Kev?’, helium was erstwhile asked successful a Q&A by a fan.

He replied: ‘Yes, idiosyncratic has been asking maine this. 

‘I ne'er accidental ne'er to Strictly, I felt similar I near astatine the close time.

‘I’ve done 7 years connected the amusement and determination are a batch of things that I do, I don’t conscionable bash ballroom dancing.’

He added: ‘I’ve been doing a batch of theatre and stuff, and I similar singing and acting and each these different things and truthful it was an ongoing speech with Strictly that I would privation to research immoderate different things.’

Strictly Come Dancing continues contiguous astatine 6:25pm connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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