Overview

• Reports say Mabuse would take a behind-the-scenes choreographer role rather than returning as a judge or professional dancer.
• The Sun’s unnamed source claims producers are delighted and eager to hear her ideas for the new series.
• Rehearsals for Strictly’s 23rd series are reported to be underway, with the show scheduled to return on 20 September and live shows from 27 September.
• Mabuse competed on Strictly from 2015 to 2022 and remains the only professional to win back-to-back titles, partnering Kelvin Fletcher in 2019 and Bill Bailey in 2020.
• She left Strictly in 2022 for ITV roles including Dancing On Ice, which was axed earlier this year, and she has not publicly commented on the reported return.