Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara confirms she will dance on tour

Virgin Radio

13 Jan 2022, 16:33

Janette had taken a step back from dancing to present the It Takes Two spin-off, but she'll be back on tour!

Fans are thrilled at the news that the much-loved dancer will be gracing the floor again.

Popular dance professional Janette swapped her dancing shoes for presenting, as she took over the hosting role of It Takes Two.

It seems she missed dancing though, after impressing fans with a romantic routine with her husband Aljaž Škorjanec to a performance by Ed Sheeran.

Janette announced the good news on The One Show this week, saying:  "I said I would absolutely love the honour of hosting the Strictly live tour, as long as I can dance. So I will be dancing again on the stage.

"I've missed dancing, to be honest. I really did miss dancing on the series, but it was nice to watch and watch the couples grow and have a chat with them on It Takes Two. [Now] to join them and do some of the big group numbers with them, I'm really excited."

Fans will get to see winners Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice, runners-up John Whaite and Johannes Radebe, Sara Davies and Aljaž Skorjanec, Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin, and Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu performing on tour.

Sadly AJ Odudu had to pull out of the tour after her injury.

It has also been announced that all Strictly tour shows will feature a sign language interpreter, to increase accessibility.

On Twitter, the tour account posted: "We are delighted to announce that a registered BSL Interpreter will be provided for every venue and performance of the tour, making this the biggest ever BSL accessible arena tour in the UK."