{"id":558187,"date":"2026-04-30T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558187\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:34:11","slug":"vito-coppola-shares-why-he-feels-very-lucky-about-bbc-strictly-role-amid-brutal-exits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/558187\/","title":{"rendered":"Vito Coppola shares why he feels ‘very lucky’ about BBC Strictly role amid brutal exits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vito Coppola shared how he feels “so lucky” as he reflected on his BBC Strictly journey.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to GB News, the Italian dancer talked about his ongoing passion for the role amid recent professional dancer exits.<\/p>\n

The popular BBC programme appears to be undergoing a shake-up, with Gorka Marquez, Nadiya Bychkova, Luba Mushtuk, Karen Hauer and Michelle Tsiakkas having eft the show following speculation they had been “axed.”<\/p>\n

Reflecting on how he has been on the show since 2022, Mr Coppola told GB News that he still enjoys each series as much as the first.<\/p>\n

\"EllieVito Coppola talked about his Strictly journey | BBC<\/p>\n

“Yes, I mean, everyone knows that I am such an excited puppy, high energy,” he shared.<\/p>\n

“So I love to enjoy and to appreciate every single year, every single moment, as if it’s the first time again.<\/p>\n

“That’s why they say, like, ‘oh my God, you should be used at this point, after four series.’ <\/p>\n

“But not for me. Every year, and also it’s because every year they bring something new, you know, they keep improving. They keep evolving. <\/p>\n

“That’s the beauty of Strictly, so a new year is not similar to the previous year and is not similar to the first year I joined.”<\/p>\n

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He continued: “So every year I say, ‘Oh, this one is the best year. I mean, it’s this is going to be difficult to create something better than this,’ and after the next year, they’re going to create something even more beautiful, you know.<\/p>\n

“So, yeah, but I do love what I do. I consider myself always very lucky. <\/p>\n

“I do my gratitude exercise every morning as I wake up, because I like to appreciate you know, the fact that I am able to live through my passion, which is dancing, and the love of my life, which is food. <\/p>\n

“So basically, in my family, there are two, two things that is the best combination for happiness – dancing and food.”<\/p>\n

\"VitoVito Coppola partnered with Domino’s to launch their new Italianos range | DOMINOS<\/p>\n

When asked about who his dream celebrity partner would be, Mr Coppla confessed: “Well, it’s my crush, Jessica Alba. She’s the one since I was a little kid. <\/p>\n

“I used to watch her, you know, I used to Google her, to download the her picture as a lock screen on my phone. <\/p>\n

“And when people asked me, ‘who’s this girl on your phone?’ I’d say ‘that’s my girlfriend.'”<\/p>\n

The dancer’s chat with GB News came as he partnered with Domino’s to launch their new Italianos range, delivering pizzas aboard a gondola-style vessel dubbed the “Domdola” through London’s Little Venice.<\/p>\n

“As an Italian, I take my pizza very seriously,” he shared.<\/p>\n

“So, if you’re going to bring a slice of Italy to the UK, you have to do it properly.”<\/p>\n

The professional has also recently released a food-focused book titled Love Vito, reflecting his belief that cuisine has shaped his entire life.<\/p>\n

His philosophy stems from family wisdom, with Mr Coppola recalling how his grandfather, also named Vito, attributed his happiness to two things: food and dancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vito Coppola shared how he feels “so lucky” as he reflected on his BBC Strictly journey. Speaking exclusively…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,830,96,1598,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-558187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-celebrity","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\/558187","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=558187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}