Strictly Come Dancing’s Dianne Buswell has shared a sneak update into the identity of her partner for the upcoming season. The Australian will be bidding to retain her Glitterball when the new season gets underway on Saturday.
Dianne’s journey with Chris McCausland captured the hearts of the nation as they made history by winning the show. Excitement is building ahead of the next season as the partnerships for the new season will be officially revealed on Saturday’s launch episode. Dianne has revealed she is already bonding with her mystery partner as they gave her a sweet gift in celebration of the incredible news she is pregnant.
Dianne took to Instagram to reveal some balloons with “it’s a boy written on them”. She was amazed by the gesture as she captioned the post, alongside a tearful emoji: “Stop my dance partner who will remain anonymous till this Saturday got me this today.”
Dianne took to Instagram to share another update as she thanked people for sending so many messages after her baby news. She also praised her new partner, as she said: “I had a really good day with my partner. He is brilliant. He worked so hard.”
Dianne confirmed she was expecting her first child with Joe Sugg on Sunday (September 14). The two met when they were paired together on the 2018 edition of the show and have gone to build a happy life together away from the dancefloor.
They shared a short clip with the Instagram followers on Sunday as Joe said: “Our little baby boy. We cannot wait to meet you.”
Strictly co-stars flooded the comments to react to the happy news as Amy Dowden said: “Still screaming, dancing and celebrating! So so happy for you both! Magical Auntie Ames can’t wait.”
Stacey Dooley commented: “YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES.” Ellie Leach posted: “CRYING. Congratulations, you will be the most incredible parents, so happy.”
Shirley Ballas posted: “Ahhhh congratulations to you both @diannebuswell @joe_sugg. Such beautiful news x”
Gorka Marquez added: “Oh this is the best news!!! BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH.”
The full list of 2025 contestants for Strictly Come Dancing are: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Dani Dyer, Alex Kingston, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Balvinder Sopal, George Clarke, La Voix, Chris Robshaw, Ellie Goldstein, Thomas Skinner, Vicky Pattison, Stefan Dennis, Ross King, and Karen Carney, with Lewis Cope replacing the previously announced Kristian Nairn.
Alongside Dianne, the professional dancers for this season are Nadiya Bychkova, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Aljaž Škorjanec, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola.
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly will be back as hosts. The performances will once again be assessed by the judges Anton Du Beke, Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse.