Overview
- Ball confirmed she has had no conversations with the BBC about the vacancy despite December reports of behind-the-scenes ‘chemistry tests’.
- She said she would welcome Rylan Clark or Vernon Kay as a potential co-host if she were considered.
- Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman exited after the 2025 series, creating two openings on the flagship BBC show.
- Ball’s credentials include competing on Strictly in 2005, hosting spin-off It Takes Two for 10 series, and briefly filling in on the main show in 2014.
- She stepped down from her Radio 2 show in December and was succeeded by Emma Willis.