Overview

• The Neighbours star, 66, appears in Strictly Come Dancing’s first live show on BBC One on Saturday, paired with professional dancer Dianne Buswell.
• Buswell is reported to be the show’s first pregnant professional competing this year.
• Dennis is the 2025 lineup’s oldest contestant and says he is learning from scratch despite decades on screen.
• He said he was preparing for semi-retirement after Neighbours ended but is now training up to eight hours a day for the competition.
• Neighbours wrapped production in July after Amazon/Prime Video decided to end the soap, with its final episode due to air on 11 December.