Strictly’s It Takes Two confirms return date as presenting line-up revealed

Strictly Come Dancing play is good underway, which means It Takes Two is returning to our weeknight watching schedules too.

The likes of Chris McCausland, JLS prima JB Gills and Olympian Tom Dean are hitting the ballroom, alongside pros including Amy Dowden, Dianne Buswell and Gorka Marquez.

And portion they’ll beryllium bringing the glitter and sparkles to our screens connected Saturday night, we’ll besides beryllium getting peaks into their grooming during the week connected It Takes Two.

The programme volition instrumentality connected Monday, September 23, aft the archetypal unrecorded amusement this Saturday.

Last year, Strictly finalist Fleur East replaced Rylan Clark on the BBC Two programme, portion Janette Manrara returned aft welcoming her archetypal child.

And the duo are combining forces for the spin-off programme again this year, and volition some beryllium presenting passim the 20th day series.

Janette, 40, was a pro dancer connected Strictly betwixt 2013 and 2021 earlier taking implicit from Zoe Ball connected It Takes Two that aforesaid year.

Speaking of It Takes Two’s return, she said: ‘I americium perfectly privileged to big It Takes Two alongside Fleur. She’s specified an astonishing spouse to bash this with. And, I mean, Strictly Come Dancing is the champion TV amusement connected telly. 

‘As a dancer myself, knowing the level of appreciation it gets from the assemblage and fans is truthful humbling. So for maine to beryllium backmost connected It Takes Two, talking astir the couples and their experiences, is incredible. I’m truthful happy.’

She added: ‘Fleur and I are so, so, truthful alike. And the much we bent retired and walk clip together, the much we commencement uncovering things that marque america similar. 

‘So really, I consciousness similar we’re conscionable a portion of each different – virtually the same. Whether you’ve got Fleur oregon me, you’re going to get the aforesaid benignant of amusement because… I don’t know, we’re truly similar. 

‘I mean, we’re some arsenic silly and anserine arsenic each other. We’re some precise driven, we some emotion what we do, and we some emotion Strictly.’ 

Fleur added: ‘We effort to support it cool, effort and calm it down but we’re some Scorpios with a batch of energy, and we emotion to laughter truthful erstwhile we’re unneurotic that’s what happens.’

Janette returned to It Takes Two conscionable weeks aft giving commencement past year, telling fans: ‘Luckily I had much than capable clip connected maternity permission with Lyra for maine to beryllium capable to travel backmost and bash the show.

‘So yes, I volition beryllium connected the sofa on with Fleur interviewing each of the couples and I can’t hold to actually.’

Janette went on: ‘I virtually can’t wait. It was specified an astonishing twelvemonth past year, but I consciousness similar each twelvemonth just, I don’t know, it’s conscionable arsenic great.’

Her spouse Aljaž Škorjanec is besides returning to the BBC One competition, aft announcing his exit successful 2022.

Following the announcement earlier this year, the 34-year-old spoke of however ‘thrilled’ helium was, adding: ‘I’m astir apt much excited present than I was erstwhile I archetypal started.’

‘I deliberation Strictly, similar we each know, gets bigger and amended each year, particularly this twelvemonth for the anniversary, it’s incredible, and I deliberation it’s a portion of British civilization now.

‘Why we each bash it is for everyone astatine location watching and it makes truthful galore radical happy, it brightens up truthful galore people’s days, truthful that’s what I’m looking guardant to the most, really.’

Strictly’s It Takes Two airs weekdays from Monday, September 23, astatine 6.30pm connected BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. 

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