Strictly signs two new professional dancers as head judge Shirley Ballas reveals new line-up is ‘off the charts'
Appearing on ITV's This Morning earlier today,
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Shirley Ballas appeared on This Morning today
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She revealed two new pros have joined Strictly
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Celebs Go Dating guru and Married at First Sight expert Paul C Brunson crossed over with Shirley - after The Sun revealed he has signed to the new celebrity line-up
'I can tell you that we have two new professionals joining the show and they are amazing,' she gushed.
'There's a few little changes — you know they do little things every year. But we've got the cast of all cast. It's going to be off the charts!'
Things took a cheeky turn when
Host Ben Shephard couldn't resist stirring the pot, referencing
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Ben said: 'Well apparently Paul is in the line-up… show us a move!' to which Paul responded with a slick body wave that had the studio in stitches.
Shirley clapped but played coy and expertly deflected the speculation, refusing to officially confirm anything.
It comes after Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima's exits from the show.
Giovanni, 34, sensationally quit Strictly in May last year following
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Months later
Last month The Sun revealed
Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne reveals show's two new pro dancers have been signed up after Gio and Graziano's sackings
We told how dancer and choreographer Luke Miller is hotly tipped to be announced as one of professionals.
Fellow professional
Speaking on
'We've got two new pros this year on Strictly - don't know who they are yet - a new boy and a new girl.'
Comedian Chris, 48 - who won the show with Dianne last year - asked: 'Who are they getting rid of?'
Dianne replied: 'Nobody, but we're adding two more. I dreamt that you were the new pro male. But I was fake happy, and it's really mean for me to say that, but I wasn't really happy for you.
'I was like, 'what the hell? He's going to think he's better than me now'.
'And to make it worse you won the series, so you were a double winner and I was like, 'this isn't fair, now everyone's going to think it wasn't me who made him win it was actually himself that won it the first time'.'
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Shirley was on This Morning to announce a casting call for a dog to star in Coronation Street
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Gio quit the show last year following allegations from Amanda Abbington
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Months later Graziano was sacked after an altercation with Zara McDermott
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