The This Morning stars addressed rumours they will replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as the new Strictly Come Dancing hosts
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly bid farewell to Strictly last year (Image: BBC)
Rylan Clark and Emma Willis have responded to speculation about their potential involvement in Strictly Come Dancing, as they are rumoured to be the next hosts.
The popular BBC dance competition is undergoing significant changes following the departure of several professional dancers.
This follows the announcement by Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly that they would be stepping down, with their final appearance as hosts taking place during last year’s Christmas special.
The BBC has not yet confirmed who will take over, but a number of names have been suggested, including Zoe Ball and Alison Hammond.
Presenters of This Morning, Rylan and Emma, addressed the rumours about their possible involvement while hosting the ITV daytime show today, filling in for Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, reports Wales Online.
The duo stepped in to present This Morning today(Image: ITV)
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Charlotte Hawkins from Good Morning Britain asked them: “Rylan and Emma are here on This Morning at 10, good morning to both of you. We’ve been talking about you two this morning, because we hear you’re both in the frame for the Strictly draw? Have you got anything to tell us?”
Rylan was quick to dismiss the rumours, while Emma hesitated before confirming: “Ahh… no!”
Emma then turned the question back onto Charlotte and her Good Morning Britain co-host Richard Madeley, saying: “You two are also rumoured, aren’t you? You’re on that list!”
Richard joked that his odds were 66/1, while Charlotte’s were 20/1.
The pair signed off from their final Strictly show on Christmas Day(Image: PA)
This follows fellow This Morning presenter Alison’s denial of rumours suggesting she might step into the ballroom as host.
The Big Brother star, who is currently balancing her ITV commitments alongside The Great British Bake Off and Channel 4’s new series Your Song, has revealed to Radio Times that Strictly producers had indeed made her an offer.
She joked: “You didn’t expect that answer, did you? I can’t lie, I’m incapable.”
She went on to explain: “I’m so busy, babes, that I’m not sure it’s going to happen.
“It’s unrealistic. I’m so happy they considered me but, like Traitors, I can’t do it because everything clashes.”
Alison revealed she was approached but had turned down the role(Image: ITV)
She added: “I would have loved to have done it – anybody that gets it, they’re going to land the perfect job. But I’m so happy with everything I’ve got. What would I drop, to do Strictly?”
Presenting duo Tess and Claudia revealed their departure from Strictly last year, describing their tenure on the programme as “an absolute dream” while acknowledging that “feels like the right time” to step away.
In a joint statement, they expressed: “We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time.
The BBC has yet to announce who will replace Claudia and Tess on Strictly(Image: WireImage)
“We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.
“We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza.”
Tess – who earned a Guinness World Record for being the longest-serving presenter of the same dance competition television programme – has been fronting Strictly since it launched in 2004, initially alongside Sir Bruce Forsyth, before Claudia came on board as co-host in 2014.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1 and ITVX.
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