BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Ellie Leach shares sweet nod to Vito Coppola after joint news

Ellie Leach has seemingly revealed the sweet way she'll continue to keep Vito Coppola close, particularly when he returns to Strictly Come Dancing this autumn with a new celebrity dance partner.

It has already been several months since the actress became the youngest-ever winner of the BBC One dance contest. after she danced and performed her way through the 13-week competition alongside her professional dance partner Vito

The pair faced stiff competition in the grand final back in December from Dianne Buswell and Bobby Brazier and Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and were left speechless when host Tess Daly confirmed they were the winners of Strictly 2023 before they lifted the coveted Glitterball trophy.

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Since then, Ellie, 23, and Vito, 33, appeared closer than ever as they toured the country in the Strictly Come Dancing Live show before going their separate ways.

But over the months the pair have enjoyed a few reunions, with Ellie watching Vito in the Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals live tour last month when the found themselves both performing under the same roof, but in different venues, on the same night as Ellie continues to play Miss Scarlett in Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter, which is her debut stage role.

However, Ellie isn't going to forget Vito, or their friendship, in a hurry as she revealed how she'd had what appeared to be a phone wrist strap and beaded jewellery sent to her with 'LuLu', the name often attributed to her by her Italian pal. Alongside the picture of the Items from Lilli-Bet, the former Coronation Street star said: "Omg I can't cope with how cute these are. Thank you sooo much @lilibetbeads."

It comes after Ellie and Vito were both left speechless and delighted as they were given some exciting news. It was revealed that Ellie and Vito have been named among the nominees at this year's National Reality TV Awards.

The former soap star and Italian dancer have received a nod in the Best Performance in a Reality TV Show category where they are up against Britain's Got Talent 2024 winner Sydnie Christmas, Brad Kella from Channel 4's The Piano and The Masked Singer stars Lemar and Alex Brooker.

Sharing the news to his Instagram Story, Vito said: "Omg. Cannot believe this! We have been nominated. Thank you so much. For supporting and voting for us please go on this page, click the link and tick our names." He added: "Babyyy @ellielouiseleach This is a surprise. We didn't expect that." Ellie then reshared Vito's post to her own Instagram Story and said:" Didn't expect this at all!!!!!! Visit the @nationalrealitytvawards page to vote."