ITV presenter Jenny Powell has revealed who she believes will exchange Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman on Strictly Come Dancing – and so they’ve already competed on the BBC present. Final month, the dynamic duo took to Instagram to share the surprising information that they’re departing the BBC actuality present after greater than 20 years on the helm. They confirmed that their remaining present will air on Christmas Day for the festive particular, and they’re making ready one remaining routine to exit with a bang.

Since then, followers have been speculating as to who may exchange the powerhouse pairing in 2026. Now, the Wheel of Fortune star has shared who she is backing to tackle the coveted roles.  

Talking completely to Categorical.co.uk on the This Is Manchester Awards, the brunette magnificence urged one fan-favourite to return to the present.  

As she mentioned the announcement, she advised us: “I truly messaged Zoe Ball, I feel she ought to do it. She was wonderful on the present, and she or he’d be wonderful as a bunch.”  

The broadcaster went on to disclose that she would like to compete on the long-running present in the future, having fallen in love with dance at an early age. Jenny confessed: “I might adore it, however I truly haven’t been on Strictly. I did all the time need to be a dancer, although, so I did practice as a dancer.” 

It comes after Zoe Ball admitted throughout her Dig It podcast episode with Jo Whiley that she’d love to select up the baton from Tess and Claud subsequent yr.  

Throughout the podcast, the Radio 2 presenter confessed: “I feel everybody wish to do this job” earlier than praising the dance competitors for “bringing a lot pleasure to individuals’s lives.” 

She added: “Everybody’s going to need that job. There shall be queues going across the block.” Ball competed within the dance competitors again in 2005 together with her dance accomplice Ian Waite.  

The dynamic duo made it throughout to the ultimate earlier than ending in third place. However her time on the present didn’t finish there, with the blonde bombshell transferring on to host the Strictly spin-off present, It Takes Two, for a decade.  

Followers should keep tuned to see who will tackle the distinguished roles beforehand held by Tess and Claudia in 2026.