{"id":588390,"date":"2026-05-17T03:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588390\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:58:07","slug":"josh-widdicombe-offered-strictly-come-dancing-host-role-alongside-emma-willis-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588390\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Widdicombe &#039;offered Strictly Come Dancing host role alongside Emma Willis&#039; &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQcGJVZC1rTlN2aTl1WWt6OTNzbzZzRmVROVVCSFgzWGJKcVVVVENCU1NadE1yYTY3cDRpTWxmWTNqaDRiNkhwa3NIcGxSSlNXOG15b3NuTTJaN1I0OUJORnpjbWxLWlk2QjFCY29LalktVWRVUDBKTXk1TmNUelBCV0lrTndIZzNBWFZheGZ1TDZvSXJjTFQ4QlRGN2RONXZhWmgwVnhqaHEyODFw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Josh Widdicombe &#8216;offered Strictly Come Dancing host role alongside Emma Willis&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPM09jZTNLMzVZcVJsWTJxSDlfeFVPc2NlaDJnQUVLY05kUmNOdWdOdGpSWHFLRUc3STVHUC14cXFISzVKQ2RvZ0M0M2g5ZGVmUW5DZWluSVdMZ2JKNU5WMW1YVmV0WDc4dWxQN2FYamdtZE9aQ0NEQ2hLblhSNnJDeGt2RjNxUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Josh Widdicombe set to sign big money deal to become Strictly host alongside Emma Willis after impressing bosses<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPd2puWTVRR2lYQUV0ZWpwWjRPQThFeWhnd0lhal9LbmpZdTZmWGcwd1BFTnVHbVhQWnVMeUkzTGFfcGFSUmk4VkNhNEpSQ1B6N0FISjkyYjhpa2ZURTVTVUNJOGtiMnkxUXc5YkVoal94cWotM1FuQUFJSnBGZG9CVVQ0TjNVVHlWTWVoYm5hV0NQSXdiUjdlVg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly Come Dancing 2026 tipped to cast British comedian opposite Emma Willis in hosting duties<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Radio Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQenNEUHdYM2gzV095QzFrbHlmZzdqYVAxRWozSHNHaE9UVU1hM1Z0eEgtMEdUZmNJM3dOY3lqTmdXYWd1Zl9WLUNRdE9qOXY0WjA0NGRJMFZndTVvUGdTblNraDJMRmowQTNHUWNxMmh6NmRWb3NLWmtkdTNOWGNPS19Sc1QwUmIxLU84OTV6cUQxSHZTdmd2bg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strictly Come Dancing hosts &#8216;confirmed&#8217; 7 months after Tess and Claudia&#8217;s shock exit &#8211; report<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HELLO! Magazine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNbnpmWGZHV1NoTWdaSVdVUzhFM0MxZTFkQ1pwaThZaUxkVHZfUHJYNTFNNEZoVzh5bXNBYUlQbUJzUEdzUE9KSGtNRWVOVzgzX1RnbjJTZ3Q1VzkzalprUTFFenUzQnRzdlkyTHEwOXNDeFV0UkhuQUI4OW5yZ0EyM3phNGR3b1Bsd1RsV0ZB0gGTAUFVX3lxTFBPNmdjV3J0VVNHc1NiMHVtaHB6STBaMTI4cmpVYkVHakwwX0hQQ1BpS1JjZXZucG1qSGp2aV9zekYxV3p4S0hwSUlONXRfbmJYX2ptVHRKd05XUWpJTmIyZVNsbF9xRDdjM0VGcnhMSVdSOW50X1U5STVaS1BMTmYxcEtsMW4wdklvVXdRU1Z6Qi1vNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amanda Holden&#8217;s verdict on &#8216;second new Strictly host&#8217; after Emma Willis news<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Wales Online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Widdicombe &#8216;offered Strictly Come Dancing host role alongside Emma Willis&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardJosh Widdicombe set to sign big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[243,6491,30849,96,117799,128485,1598,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-588390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bbc","tag-celebrities","tag-emma-willis","tag-entertainment","tag-johannes-radebe","tag-josh-widdicombe","tag-strictly-come-dancing","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588390","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=588390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}