Comedian Ellie Taylor has been announced as the new host of Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two, weeks after Janette Manrara confirmed her departure.
Taylor's Strictly Return
Taylor, who competed in the 2022 series with professional dancer Johannes Radebe and finished in seventh place, expressed her excitement.
'I'm absolutely over the moon, I feel giddy,' she told BBC Radio 2 host Emma Willis on Saturday afternoon. 'The energy around Strictly is such a joy and I'm just thrilled to be back. It's a dream come true.'
Manrara's Exit
In June, former Strictly ballroom professional Manrara, 42, announced she will not be reprising her role as It Takes Two host when the show returns to the BBC later this year.
Sharing a video with Instagram followers, she said: 'Strictly Come Dancing has now changed hugely. I'm no longer a part of It Takes Two or the main show.'
'I'll still be involved in other ways. But, that just means that I'm free to pursue and do many other projects that I've always wanted to do and never really thought about doing.'
Manrara added: 'Strictly's all I've ever known for the last 14 years, so it's a bit of like, "Oh, we're going into a different world, a different space, how are we going to navigate that?"'
