BBC bosses have announced Amy Dowden will return to Strictly (Image: BBC)
bosses have announed that professional dancer will be returning to the dancefloor with her dance partner for the nationwide tour.
On Monday (December 16), the flagship channel confirmed that the Welsh dancer will be reuniting with the JLS singer and her co-star Lauren Oakley ahead of the nationwide tour next year. The blonde bombshell, 34, will be reuniting with her star-studded cast as they prepare to embark on a 30-show tour across the UK.
Also taking to the stage will be ‘ and his dance partner Michelle Tsiakkas, Olympian Montell Doughas and Kai Widdrington, and Nancy Xu, and Opera singer and Katya Jones. They will be joined by this year’s finalists and Aljaz Skorjanec, and and Vito Coppola.
They will be joined on tour by more magnificent professional dancers: Dianne Buswell, Karen Hauer, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Jowita Przystal plus Robbie Kmetoni and Jake Leigh, adding to the glitz and the glamour of this supersized live tour.
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The professional dancer was forced to pull out of the competition due to an injury (Image: BBC/Ray Burmiston)
Not forgetting the legendary Strictly TV judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and joining the tour for the first time, Motsi Mabuse. The cast will be completed with the sensational tour host, Two’s Strictly – It Takes Two’s Janette Manrara.
Speaking about the TV favourite’s return to the dancefloor, Janette Manrara gushed: “Wow – what an incredible line-up of couples we have on the tour next year! Arena audiences around the country are in for a real treat.
“It’s going to be a blast to be back with all the pros and, as an extra special treat, it will be a joy to welcome back the lovely Amy Dowden. Get ready for an evening of pure Strictly entertainment for the whole family – bigger and better than ever before!”
The 2025 tour is set to open at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on January 17, making appearances at Sheffield, Newcastle, Glashow, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and finishing up at the O2 on February 9.
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Strictly winner Chris McCausland will not be going on the nationwide tour (Image: PA)
It comes after announced that he would not be joining the tour despite lifting the glitterball trophy with his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell this weekend.
Eplaining his absence, he admitted: “I started my tour in January this year and I dod the first leg until May and I was meant to be back out in September.
“We moved the dates to accommodate Strictly, so we just moved them to January. It just wasn’t a consideration at the time… I don’t think anybody thought I would be any good at it.
“I don’t think they thought it, I don’t think I thought it. And in terms of going on tour in January, I didn’t think I’d be going on tour on the back of Strictly. I thought I’d have about two months off.”