Yahoo News Strictly Come Dancing stars reunite for tour rehearsals but one contestant is missing
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour will get underway this month and celebrity contestants and professional dancers have met up for the first day of rehearsals. Strictly ended last month with a much-deserved victory for Scouse comedian Chris McCausland and Australian professional dancer Dianne Buswell who lifted the Glitterball trophy.
Some Strictly partners have already shared their joy after being reunited. Vito and Sarah finished in second place with 118 points out of a possible 120. The two are back together. In a post, uploaded by Vito to Instagram, he said: "Team Tiramisu is back! We are so happy to be back together and so excited to be on tour and to see you all.
"Let’s start to refresh the 'choreos' Trilly, especially after all the food and Panettone I have been eating in Italy I feel a bit rusty. Let’s goooooooo."
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The show will land in Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena on January 28 and 29 after it starts in Birmingham on January 17. The celebrities taking part include actor Jamie Borthwick, broadcaster, presenter and opera singer Wynne Evans; singer, TV presenter JB Gill and model and TV personality Tasha Ghouri. They will be joined by Gladiator and Olympian Montell Douglas, actress Sarah Hadland and singer Shayne Ward.
For the first time, judge Motsi Mabuse will join Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, and Craig Revel Horwood across all UK tour dates.. The tour is hosted by Janette Manrara who will ensure a high-energy evening for all ages.
Jamie Borthwick said: “Strictly is magic and I had a ball on the TV show. I’m delighted to be hitting the road next year and getting the opportunity to perform in arenas all over the UK.” JB Gill said: “I’ve loved dancing on Strictly, so I’m thrilled to be going on the live tour. It’ll be fun being back at some of the venues I’ve played with JLS and I can’t wait for all the fans of the show to come out and see us dance for them live! It’s going to be amazing!”
In November, Chris McCausland's spokesperson issued a "difficult" update as he's set to miss the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour. A spokesperson told our sister site, Mirror Online: "Chris has already shifted the dates of his tour to do 'Strictly' and that wasn’t an easy thing to do. There were a lot of disappointed people and it was stressful - we got a lot of messages."
They added: "So he couldn’t move them again, absolutely not. Everyone has been very straight about this all the way along the line. It’s a great shame, because he’d love to do the tour, but Chris is not available."
Strictly Come Dancing 2025 UK tour dates
Birmingham Utilita Arena, 17 – 19 January
Sheffield Utilita Arena, 21 January
Newcastle Utilita Arena, 22 – 23 January
Glasgow OVO Hydro, 24 – 26 January
Leeds First Direct Arena, 30 – 31 January
Manchester AO Arena, 1 – 2 February
Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, 4 – 6 February
London O2 Arena, 7 – 9 February
