{"id":601694,"date":"2026-05-24T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601694\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:04:10","slug":"new-strictly-host-struggles-to-name-dance-style-in-live-interview-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601694\/","title":{"rendered":"New Strictly host struggles to name dance style in live interview | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/strictly-come-dancing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/josh-widdicombe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Widdicombe<\/a> accidentally slipped up when asked to name a style of dance, following the BBC\u2019s announcement that he is joining the new presenting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian joined his new co-presenters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/emma-willis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Willis<\/a> and Johannes Radebe on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday (23 May), when the former Big Brother host asked them a series of quick-fire dance questions \u2013 including what their favourite ballroom style is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Argentine tango a ballroom?\u201d Widdicombe asked, before Radebe corrected him, laughing.<\/p>\n<p>Of Widdicombe\u2019s new job, Isobel Lewis writes that his particular brand of awkward comedy could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/features\/josh-widdicombe-strictly-host-comedian-who-b2980377.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">perfect for a series in need of a bold revamp.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Strictly Come Dancing host Josh Widdicombe accidentally slipped up when asked to name a style of dance,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[195601,183800,6494,309,1725,96,6496,11237,183803,108,2605,18306,195603,2207,6487,1671,217,391,15219,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-601694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-aston-villa-f-c","tag-club-soccer","tag-color-image","tag-england","tag-english-premier-league","tag-entertainment","tag-full-length","tag-horizontal","tag-match-sport","tag-morgan-gibbs-white","tag-morgan-rogers","tag-nottingham","tag-nottingham-forest-f-c","tag-people","tag-photography","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-tv","tag-two-people","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601694","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=601694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}