Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Dianne Buswell has announced she is expecting her first child with partner Joe Sugg.
The couple, who were paired up together on the 2018 series of the show, shared the news in an Instagram post on Monday, September 15.
They are expecting a boy, who is set to arrive at some point in 2026.
With this reveal coming so soon before the start of Strictly's 2025 series, some fans have questioned if Dianne will be able to take part in the routines.
Is Dianne Buswell taking part in Strictly Come Dancing 2025?
Dianne has revealed that she will still be taking part in Strictly's 2025 series, but will be taking care when practising certain moves, The Metro reports.
She discussed this topic with Chris MacCausland, with whom she won Strictly with in 2024, on their podcast, Winning Isn't Everything.
Dianne explained: "I’m still doing everything I did before. Obviously with lifts there’s going to be a bit more caution. But my doctor has said everything is normal.
"He said, basically, if you’ve done it before, in terms of being a dancer and you’ve done this, done that, then crack on and keep doing what you’re doing."
It might have been a different case, though, if Dianne had just taken up dancing, rather than being an experienced professional.
She added: "My muscles wouldn’t be used to it. But because you’ve been dancing since you were five, this is what your body is meant to, he said you shouldn’t stop what you do."
Despite approaching lifts with caution, Dianne revealed she didn’t foresee herself "doing huge lifts" with whichever celebrity she’s been partnered up with.
"You can’t see yourself getting past three weeks then?" joked Chris.
"No," Dianne clarified, laughing. "But you look at the dynamic of the partnership and you can see straight away. A lot of partnerships don’t do many lifts, if that’s what is best for the partnership."
Which celebrities are involved in Strictly Come Dancing 2025?
The line-up of celebrities involved for Strictly Come Dancing 2025 are:
- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey aka Nitro
- Dani Dyer
- Alex Kingston
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
- Balvinder Sopal
- George Clarke
- La Voix
- Chris Robshaw
- Ellie Goldstein
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- Thomas Skinner
- Vicky Pattison
- Stefan Dennis
- Ross King
- Karen Carney
- Lewis Cope
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One at 6.40pm on Saturday, September 20.
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