Janette Manrara has been flooded with messages from delighted fans after they saw her open the Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025 tour over the weekend.
The presenter and dancer is back as the host of the popular arena tour which sees stars of the BBC One dance contest's previous series hit the road to perform to hundreds of thousands of fans across the country.
The cast of seven celebrities taking part were confirmed last month before the pairings were later revealed to be; professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas and EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick, Kai Widdrington and Olympian Montell Douglas, and Katya Jones with opera singer Wynne Evans.
There is also Aljaz Skorjanec with Love Island star Tasha Ghouri, Vito Coppola and actress Sarah Hadland and Nancy Xu with singer Shayne Ward.
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