Strictly Come Dancing winners Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola have shared a cosy reunion video as they prepare for the show's upcoming tour.
The pair were named the winners of the show's most-recent series last month, and are set to hit the dancefloor once again for the 2024 live arena tour.
Taking to his Instagram Stories, Vito shared a clip with Ellie in rehearsal as he showed off a hat gifted from the actress branded with his first initial, which matched Ellie's own one with "E".
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"And so this is the first day of rehearsal, and I've got my first present from Lulu! We are here back together!" he declared.
"Reunited and it feels so good!" Ellie added, before Vito showed off a new bag with his initials: "But I also got this one. Look at this – 'Vito Coppola'."
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"Don't say I don't treat you," Ellie quipped, before Vito added: "Thank you, you treat me very, very good. And now let's start to practice."
"We are back DAY ONE," he captioned the clip.
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Following their victory, Ellie and Vito shut down rumours of romance, the Coronation Street star telling This Morning: "Honestly we've been having the most amazing time dancing, we've been a really strong bond and a friendship that will last forever... We're really lucky to have that bond and we'll be friends for life."
Vito added: "I love that word! We had a beautiful bond, a good bond. When you connect with a person straight away, I'm a very 'first impressions' person... you choose the people and I'm so so lucky to have you in my life."
Strictly Come Dancing will return later this year on BBC One, while spin-off Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights on BBC Two. Both shows are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
Tickets for Strictly's 2024 live arena tour are available now.
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