Vernon Kay’s spouse Tess Daly and her Strictly Come Dancing co-host Claudia Winkleman introduced final month that this collection will probably be their last one on the present

Vernon Kay has slammed ongoing hypothesis over who will substitute his spouse Tess Daly, and Claudia Winkleman, on Strictly Come Dancing subsequent 12 months. Final month, the internet hosting duo introduced they’d be handing over the “sparkly baton” to recent faces after a 12-year stint collectively.

Since their announcement, there’s been a flurry of names instructed as potential successors, together with this 12 months’s contestant La Voix. Final week it was revealed that she needed to bow out of the competitors as a result of an harm sustained in rehearsals with Aljaz Skorjanec.

Following her sudden departure, there was no vote-off and scores from the earlier week have been carried ahead. The outcomes present, which did not function a dance-off, as a substitute gave an emotional farewell to La Voix, together with a spectacular efficiency from 4 former contestants.

Discussing the occasions on Monday throughout an alternate with Vernon on his BBC Radio 2, Scott Mills stated about La Voix’s exit: “Horrible information concerning the ankle, however who will get a ship off like that on Strictly?

“Usually it’s a must to dance awkwardly together with your associate, and it isn’t rehearsed,” the ex-contestant added. “And the band sings ‘I’ve had the time of my life’ and that is the tip of that.”

Whereas on the subject, Vernon took the prospect to vent about ongoing hypothesis about who might substitute his spouse and co-star Claudia.

He stated: “It is hilarious actually, since Tess and Claud introduced that they are going to be leaving all of the dentist, medical doctors and reception magazines are all saying, ‘It will be this particular person, it should be that particular person’. Let me simply say this for the document, and I do know lots of people hearken to his as a result of we get quoted plenty of instances.

“Do you actually assume that the individuals at Strictly Come Dancing mid-series are going to have a roundtable about who’s going to host it subsequent 12 months?”, to which Scott responded: “No, I do not assume that.”

Carrying on his rant, Vernon added: “Typically frequent sense while you put your fingers to the keyboard makes a giant distinction.”

When Scott requested if he may very well be the one to interchange his spouse, he joked: “I inform you who it’s, it is me and Rylan [Clark]. There you go, carried out, easy.”

Following Scott’s statement that producers are presently centered on the current collection, Vernon concurred, stating: “It is not even completed, as if they have time! They have a Christmas particular to organise, simply behave yourselves! Wind your necks in, it does my head in.”

Being married to Strictly’s predominant presenter for over twenty years, Vernon stated he is repeatedly requested concerning the programme, regardless of not having insider data. Making his level clear, Scott interjected: “What Vernon is saying is cease speculating about who the brand new hosts will probably be, as a result of the opposite ones have not completed but,” to which his colleague replied: “Precisely.”

Along with La Voix, a number of different well-known names have been instructed as potential successors, together with Holly Willoughby, Paddy McGuinness, Zoe Ball and Alex Jones.

Nevertheless, regardless of the hypothesis, Kate Phillips, the Chief Content material Officer on the BBC, just lately said that no choice will probably be made till subsequent 12 months.

Talking on The Relaxation Is Leisure podcast, she clarified: “By way of the method, the manufacturing crew, BBC Studios and Sarah James [Executive Producer], her crew and all these nice individuals who make it, they’re now concentrating on getting two reveals out every week.

“So we’ve not obtained time for the time being to start out doing any display checks or chemistry testing. I do not assume we’ll actually be it till the New 12 months as a result of we need to be certain we ship an awesome Strictly collection.”

Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday at 6.35pm on BBC One.