Overview
- Multiple UK outlets reported on Monday that Dani Dyer is in talks with the BBC to rejoin Strictly and is reportedly clearing her diary, but she has not signed a contract.
- Those reports are sourced to unnamed insiders quoted by tabloid outlets, and the BBC has declined to confirm any casting decisions.
- Nikita Kuzmin, Dyer’s 2025 professional partner, told Good Morning Britain that he has no confirmed information about her return and said the pro dancers ‘honestly don’t know anything.’
- Dyer withdrew from last year’s series after fracturing her ankle in rehearsals and the BBC previously said it would leave the door open for her to return.
- The story lands against a wider shake-up of Strictly for 2026, with Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe announced as new hosts, several pros having departed, and mixed fan reaction on social media to the reported comeback.