Strictly Come Dancing returns with its long-awaited 19th series and a top line-up on September 18.
In the meantime, BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker has teased fans of the hit dancing show with a little clue as to who his ballroom partner is.
And fans are more than a little excited for the big reveal.
Hopping on Instagram, the 44-year-old posted a video from a swanky hotel room.
Sitting at the end of an unmade bed, he gave his followers a quick update the day after his first Strictly training sesh.
“Hello everybody. Hope you’re okay. What a fun day yesterday,” Dan kicked off.
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“First NFL show of the new season. Great to see Jason [Bell] and Osi [Umenyiora] again, and then straight over to Strictly Towers for the first full day of dancing, which was weird, but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.”
Dan has kept his partner’s identity a closely-guarded secret in recent months, and even though he dropped the teeniest of hints in the clip, the NFL Show presenter remained a master of discretion!
He went on to say: “I met my pro partner this week. I can’t tell you anything about her because I’ll be killed by the Strictly ninja”.
“But what can I say? She’s patient, she’s kind and she’s lovely”.
(Image: BBC/Ray Burmiston)
Fans of the beloved BBC dancing competition certainly wouldn’t want Dan to meet his end at the hands of the Strictly ninja, whoever that may be, but they can’t wait to see who it is.
In a caption, Dan wrote: “Morning. Have a great weekend good people of the world. Looks like this #Strictly thing is actually happening then…”
One fan responded: “So exciting. Go Dan!!! Can’t wait”.
Another joined to write: “Proper cannot wait to see you in your stitched on trousers and top hat and tails”.
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Dan admitted all the contestants were “understandably nervous” as they headed out to the ballroom, but added there were some “brilliant dancers” and “everyone was getting on so well”
In the funniest part of the vid, he said dancer “big prankster” Aljaz Skorjanec told him he had to “go full naked” for his spray tan.
Fellow contestant Sara Davies agreed that Aljaz is a prankster, but gave Dan a compliment:
“He’s such a prankster that Aljaz but you had a lovely glow about you this morning (as opposed to us looking like Oompa Loompas last night!)”
Tune in on September 18 to find out which pro dancers Dan and the other contestants will strut their stuff with!
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