Strictly Come Dancing’s first same-sex couple a ratings hit

HELLO! video diary, Shirley Ballas takes us behind the scenes and gives us a glimpse inside the Strictly Come Dancing studios.MORE: Shirley Ballas reveals secrets to her trim figureThe head judge catches up with her co-star Motsi Mabuse just before they start filming the live shows from the glittering dance set. Wait until you see the giant cushions they sit on to prop themselves up at the judging table.

Strictly Come Dancing star Nicola Adams’ girlfriend Ella Baig has shared her hopes to teach sex education in British schools.The model and beauty blogger, 22, said there isn’t enough support for lesbian, gay, and bisexual pupils in classrooms across the UK. As she revealed she views her own sexuality as pansexual, Ella, who’s girlfriend Nicola is part of Strictly’s first same-sex pairing, revealed her hopes to give children more diverse lessons on sex education.

Taking to her Instagram stories to answer questions about herself, Strictly Come Dancing pro Dianne Buswell told fans she’d love to have two children in the future.The dancer has been in a relationship with Youtube star Joe Sugg, 29, since 2018.

I loved last week. I really enjoyed how it looked and I enjoyed dancing with Janette.

Strictly Come Dancing is back on our screens and thankfully is here to inject some much needed glitz and glamour back into our lives.The show first started on Saturday night TV all the way back in 2004 and saw newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky take home the glitter ball trophy for the first time.

Another incredible show. I was a little bit disappointed they didn’t do a full Halloween theme this year but, needless to say there was a few Halloween moments in there that scratched by itch.

Strictly Come Dancing star Anton du Beke has praised the 2020 series for delivering one of his favourite opening nights in the show's history.Speaking to hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning today (October 28), professional dancer and Strictly stalwart Anton called last weekend's live show "absolutely marvellous", saying that the whole cast and crew are ecstatic to be back."I can't tell you what it was like in the studio," he said.

Make no mistake about it, despite the fact he’s all smiles on the dance floor – and he’s positively grinning from ear to ear during our exclusive shoot – Strictly Come Dancing’s Jamie Laing has had one hell of a tough year.

Craig Revel Horwood has risked upsetting Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers as well as show bosses in a furious rant.The 55 year old, who recently opened up on how the financial strain of the first nationwide lockdown caused him to "have a crisis", discussed his thoughts about the competition during a live video chat, where he called the dancers "out of pasture". "With Strictly Come Dancing, I’m judging a television show, it’s not a real [dance] competition," he started.

A male Strictly Come Dancing star is at risk of having his performance upstaged this weekend after an explicit video of him has resurfaced online.The video depicts the contestant, who OK! online have decided to leave unnamed, on a Skype call with another participant, who is unable to be seen.The footage first surfaced in 2017 but is being shared on social media once again following his newfound success on the hit BBC One show.

first ever same-sex routine with fellow professional Graziano di Prima in November 2019.Strictly received 189 complaints after Radebe and Di Prima’s performance, with the BBC’s official complaints process stating that viewers “[found it] offensive to feature two men dancing as a pair”.In September, the BBC announced that Adams had requested and would be paired with a same-sex partner, after the corporation said it would be “completely open” to having same-sex couples compete on Strictly,

Strictly Come Dancing is back and, for me, it didn’t disappoint. I was really intrigued to see how they were going to manage the whole social distancing thing but with all the measures they put in place, it just has been amazing and I really think it’s made them re-think how they can make the show bigger and better.

#Strictly.. Nicola Adams & Katya Jones are our first ever same sex couple!✨ pic.twitter.com/OwWgFrDDMU— BBC Strictly Fans (@StrictIyTV) October 17, 2020I'm already obsessed with Nicola and katya.

Strictly Come Dancing has released pictures from the first episode of the series as it returns to screens.