{"id":485753,"date":"2026-03-20T11:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/485753\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:48:17","slug":"strictlys-dianne-buswell-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-with-joe-sugg-as-they-pay-tribute-to-her-father-with-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/485753\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Dianne Buswell gives birth to baby boy with Joe Sugg as they pay tribute to her father with name"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> has produced yet another ballroom baby \u2013 with stars Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg announcing the birth of their first son. <\/p>\n

The professional dancer, 36, was paired with vlogger Sugg, 34, on the BBC show\u2019s 2018 series, with the duo making it to the final. They began dating shortly after the competition ended and announced in September that they were expecting their first child together.<\/p>\n

Sharing the news of their son\u2019s birth on Instagram, Buswell wrote on Wednesday (18 March): \u201cNever felt a love like it,\u201d before revealing her tot\u2019s name to be Bowden Mark Richard Sugg. Bowden\u2019s middle name appears to be a tribute to Buswell\u2019s father Mark, who was treated for cancer in 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"DianneDianne Buswell and Joe Sugg share a photo of their son, Bowden (Instagram\/diannebuswell)<\/p>\n

The couple shared their first photos of their son, who was born on Monday (16 March), alongside the caption. Their Strictly co-stars congratulated them in the comments, with professional dancer Vito Coppola writing: \u201cOh Finally,\u201d with a heart emoji.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so so happy, crying for joy and happiness,\u201d he wrote. \u201cUncle Vito cannot wait to meet you, Love love love Bellissimo a zio.\u201d <\/p>\n

While It Takes Two presenter Janette Manrara wrote: \u201cThe best news!!! Congratulations my gorgeous girl. So happy for you and @joe_sugg. The most beautiful moments in life are to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professional cast members Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nancy Xu, Luba Mushtuk and Nadiya Bychkova also left heartfelt messages, while 2025 contestant Balvinder Sopal commented: \u201cHuge congratulations, both. How absolutely beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their son joins the ever-growing list of babies to come from the show, which includes pro couple Manrara and Alja\u017e \u0160korjanec<\/a>\u2019s daughter Lyra, contestant Gemma Atkinson and professional Gorka Marquez\u2019s kids Mia and Thiago, and winners Kevin Clifton and Stacey Dooley\u2019s daughter Minnie, among others. <\/p>\n

Bowden\u2019s arrival comes just less than a month after the couple revealed that their family and friends had been fooled by fake AI pictures of their baby<\/a>, who hadn\u2019t been born at that point. <\/p>\n

\"SuggSugg with baby Bowden, who appears to be named after the YouTuber\u2019s father (Instagram\/diannebuswell)<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up this morning with loads of family and friends messaging me saying, \u2018Oh, congrats on the news. I thought you\u2019d tell us first before it was on the internet,\u201d Sugg said in a video on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is AI. Look \u2013 that\u2019s not me. I don\u2019t know who it is but that\u2019s not me. That\u2019s not my chin. It\u2019s not my hair, unfortunately. That\u2019s not Dianne, that\u2019s not our baby \u2013 although I do hope he\u2019s that cute. He\u2019s not here. It\u2019s AI. AI is scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their son is now finally here \u2013 bringing some happy news for the Strictly community amid rumours of a mass cast cull ahead of the new series. <\/p>\n

While Buswell\u2019s future on the show is yet to be confirmed, it was reported last week that five professional dancers would not be returning<\/a> to the cast for the 2026 series: Gorka M\u00e1rquez, Luba Mushtuk, Michelle Tsiakkas, Nadiya Bychkova and Karen Hauer. Just days later, the Strictly live tour announced that Tsiakkas had pulled out from its line-up<\/a>, with a statement reading: \u201cWe are naturally disappointed but respect her decision and wish her every success for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Independent, ex-star Kristina Rihanoff called for the show to be \u201crested\u201d<\/a> for a year amid the ongoing cast changes. \u201cIf I were a producer, I would give it a rest for a year, regroup and think about what we can do differently,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something to say about going back to basics and back to its roots \u2013 the roots of the show were pure ballroom and Latin dancing without the razzmatazz of 101 props and 3D projections.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-485753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}