Overview
- The BBC confirmed on Friday that Johannes Radebe will present Strictly Come Dancing alongside Emma Willis and Josh Widdicombe, forming a new three-person hosting team.
- Johannes said he feels deeply honoured by the role and vowed to help carry the show's 'joy, heart and togetherness' into the next series.
- Alex Kingston, Johannes's final celebrity dance partner, praised his West End work in Kinky Boots and offered public support for his move into presenting.
- Johannes reassured viewers on The Graham Norton Show that he intends to stay involved with Strictly 'for as long as they will have me' while finishing his current theatre run.
- The change follows Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman's departures and marks a move to a three-host format intended to preserve the programme's continuity as it returns to BBC One and iPlayer later this year.