New Strictly Come Dancing co-host Josh Widdicombe has shared his thoughts on fellow presenter Johannes Radebe. The pair were confirmed to be the new hosts of the BBC dancing show in May alongside Emma Willis, succeeding longtime presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
Josh and Emma managed to catch their new colleague in his West End role in Kinky Boots this week, with the former beaming about the dancer on Instagram.
"Incredible evening watching @johannesradebe absolutely smash the west end in Kinky Boots," he captioned the reel, referencing a photo of the two looking adoringly at Johannes by writing: "Emma and I a bit too in love with him in the second pic."
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Speaking upon the announcement of the new hosts recently, Josh said: "Dancing the Charleston dressed as a penguin for the 2024 Christmas Special of Strictly remains my career high point, so I am giddy with excitement, honoured and a little overawed to be given the chance to step into the biggest shoes in television.
"I adore Emma and Jojo and can't wait to spend my weekends with them. I'll dust off the penguin costume."
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Josh later joked that there was one aspect that he didn't like about the official photos of the trio that were released, telling the Parenting Hell podcast: "Do you know what? I don't like the way I'm holding my glitterball.
"I'm holding the glitterball like it's the last go and I've got a 7-10 split in the bowling. 'You can do this mate, just one bowl, you've got this'."
Alongside the new hosts, the first few celebrities have been confirmed for the next season of Strictly, with a returning Dani Dyer, EastEnders' Lacey Turner, singer Delta Goodrem and celebrity hair stylist Chris Appleton all set to take to the dancefloor.
Speaking recently about joining, Delta told Morning Live: "I'm excited to learn from incredible dancers, and the coaches, the judges – I'm like, tell me everything and I'll do my very best to give it a go."
Strictly Come Dancing will return to the BBC later this year.
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