{"id":550303,"date":"2026-04-25T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550303\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:11:18","slug":"bbc-bosses-decide-on-new-strictly-hosts-after-months-of-searching-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550303\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC bosses decide on new Strictly hosts after months of searching, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The network has been looking for replacements for Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman<\/p>\n

Tannur Anders UK & World News Reporter<\/p>\n

04:11, 25 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

\"Claudia<\/p>\n

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman signed off from their final Strictly show on Christmas Day (file image)(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

The BBC has reportedly decided on the new hosts of Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>, according to new reports.<\/p>\n

The network has been looking for replacements for Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman<\/a> after they left the hit dance competition show<\/a> last year. It has been reported that the decision on the new hosts was set to take place on Friday, April 24 after a week of “secret auditions”.<\/p>\n

The Manchester Evening News was not able to independently verify the reports that a decision has been made about the host roles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Yesterday was the final day of screen tests, so bosses have tried out lots of different combinations of hosts together and today they are sitting down to make the decision,” a source told the Sun on Friday.<\/p>\n

“They want it done and dusted this week. The announcement may not come for a few more weeks, because obviously contracts will need to be signed but the powers that be will be naming who they want in closed door meetings as we speak.”<\/p>\n

“They really didn\u2019t want to get this wrong, which is why it\u2019s been such a long, drawn-out process. Everyone who has auditioned and been invited for screen tests is on tenterhooks, they just want to know now,” the insider added.<\/p>\n

The names in the mix of potential new hosts include: Zoe Ball, Rylan Clark, Alex Jones, Fleur East, Emma Willis, Bradley Walsh and Angela Scanlon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The network has been looking for replacements for Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman Tannur Anders UK & World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,1598,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-550303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-strictly-come-dancing","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550303","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=550303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}