Strictly Come Dancing pro, from Slovenia, welcomed baby Lyra with It Takes Two host Janette Manrara this summer and has been keeping fans updated with her first few months ever since.

The 2021 winner of the show will dance with the BBC Sherlock star on the 2023 series - fresh in the wake of her transphobia storm.

Kai has been dubbed the "new Anton du Beke" by BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans - after he was paired with the oldest contestant in the show's history.

Stars from the current series of Strictly Come Dancing will be appearing during the 2024 tour

Strictly Come Dancing star made the desperate appeal via his Instagram Story as fans rushed to reply.

Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas are returning to judge the 2024 live tour, alongside a host of fan-favourite dance couples from this year's series

A STRICTLY Come Dancing star has bagged a brand new BBC show – and it’s worlds away from the ballroom. Current reigning champion Hamza Yassin will be back on screens soon with a complet…

Anton, Shirley, Craig, and Janette are all appearing on the tour

The Stricly Live Tour 2024 is making its first stop in Birmingham - full details, including dates and tickets here

SHOPPING: It's the time of year that we've all been waiting for - BBC's Strictly Come Dancing is back on our screens!

'It is just silence.'

The Plymouth-born television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter is Strictly Come Dancing's oldest ever contestant

Dianne has been keeping fans updated with her and Bobby's preparations for Strictly 2023 ever since they were partnered up.

The dancer had recieved support from influencer Nicky Newman following her own cancer diagnosis earlier this year.

Angela Rippon has admitted that behind the scenes of Strictly Come Dancing 2023 not everything is rosy as she gets to grips with her first routine alongside dance partner Kai Widdrington.

Her partner Kai Widdrington has remained silent on their first dance

Don't miss a beat as Janette and Fleur guide viewers through the glitz and glamour of Strictly Come Dancing, every weekday from Monday 25 September

Shirley, Anton, Motsi and Craig also reveal what they were up to at 21 - but who was a baker by day and a dancer by night? And who celebrated their 21st in a haystack in Australia?