Overview

• The BBC confirmed on September 26 that Amber Davies will enter the 2025 lineup in place of Dani Dyer, who withdrew after an MRI showed a fractured ankle.
• Davies began rehearsals with professional partner Nikita Kuzmin and is scheduled to perform a waltz on Saturday’s first live show.
• Executive producer Sarah James said the team wishes Dyer a swift recovery and hopes to welcome her back to the ballroom in a future series.
• Kuzmin said he was gutted their original partnership ended before week one but stressed that health comes first in a social media post.
• Bookmakers rapidly shortened Davies’s odds to around 5/1 following the announcement, as fans debated her West End experience and workload.