Capital star Sian Welby would like to take over as host of Strictly from TV heroes Tess and Claudia. She fronts Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball this weekend the place she goals to discover a husband for performer Raye, and presumably give co-host Jordan North his Crimbo present.
CAPITAL’S Jingle Bell Ball kicks off this weekend however host Sian Welby has subsequent 12 months’s ‘Strictly on her thoughts.
The DJ, who’s common on This Morning and Free Girls, would like to take over from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing in 2026 once they grasp up their ball robes.
Sian instructed the Every day Star: “It’s humorous as a result of inside seconds of that being introduced, I had so many WhatsApps from mates and colleagues going, ‘oh, my God, Sian you must do that’.
“It might clearly be essentially the most unbelievable job to get. I imply, Tess and Claudia had been simply icons and so they paved the way in which for it being two feminine presenters, which sounds bonkers, however it wasn’t actually achieved. I assumed that was epic, and folks had been so humorous about it firstly.
“Yeah, I might like to do a job like that. They’re the form of exhibits which can be on the bucket checklist, all these kinds of issues the place it’s massive, it’s shiny, it’s leisure and also you’re everybody’s house, and also you’re the identify.”
For now Sian is joyful pouring Eggnog for the likes of Kylie Minogue and Louis Tomlinson over two festive nights at London’s O2. Chart topper Alex Warren could get a double serving only for being so inspiring.
“I simply couldn’t recover from his story of dropping each his mum and pop at a really younger age and really troublesome circumstances,” defined Sian. “And when he was writing Extraordinary, he was residing in a automobile, somebody’s searching for this man as a result of for these stars to align to be so destitute nearly and have each odd stacked in opposition to you, to come back out with such an unbelievable music that provides you goosebumps, I’m hoping he brings a choir, I believe the entire crowd could be in bits.”
Sian can also be trying ahead to catching up with Anne-Marie who, like her, juggles a profession with being a mum.
Sian mentioned: “She turns up, she offers you a cracking efficiency, she has no sleep, she’s obtained two youngsters now below two. I imply, I’ve obtained one and it’s so exhausting, so hats off to her. We’re all making an attempt to make it occur as a result of we’ve all labored so exhausting to get to the place we’re. On stage she’s nearly like a stand-up, she’s excellent at working the gang.”
One other performer, Raye would possibly lastly discover that elusive husband this weekend.
The Jingle Bell Ball crew are going all out to ship the singer a person when she performs at The O2.
“No joke. I wish to do this,” mentioned Sian. “It’s a bit route one I do know however we would must do some form of stay interactive courting service within the viewers. I imply, it is 20,000 individuals in a single room, absolutely we will discover her husband.”
Breakfast co-host Jordan North will probably be becoming a member of Sian at The O2 on Saturday and Sunday, and it is likely to be the second to offer him his Xmas current.
She whispered: “I discovered him this old style 70s espresso machine that has a cigarette lighter hooked up with it!”
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