Strictly champions Ellie and Vito make an exciting announcement!
They’re the cha-cha champions who grooved their way to glitterball victory in the 2023 Strictly final and now that Ellie and Vito have (just about) had a chance to rest their feet, the pair are stepping back into the sequins as the Strictly Tour shortly hits the road.
They’ll be lifting the lid on the ongoing romance rumours and revealing what’s in store as they waltz into 2024 - including one very special project!
Hosts Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle said, “We have got to start with some very exciting news… you are becoming This Morning family members! Can you tell us what you’ll be up to?”
Beaming Ellie and Vito said, “We are!” Ellie added, “We are so so excited! We are… Well, I’m apparently turning into a teacher [looking at Vito] I don’t know how you feel about that! But we are going to basically give three couples some dancing lessons.”
Vito said, “Yes, lessons and the best advice.”
Ellie continued, “You know when a couple can have an event, a wedding or birthday or something where you’re always trying to get one of them up to dance… my mum’s always saying that to my dad and he’s like ‘I’m not dancing, I’m not dancing’, so we’re going to show couples some moves!”
Vito said, “Anyone can dance and everyone has to dance.”
Ellie went on to say, “Dancing has become a huge part of my life and something that I really really fell in love with and if we can help people feel the same way then it's amazing.”
Cheeky Craig said, “Ahh, so that’s the announcement! People often ask me two things: 'are they a couple?’ and ‘what’s Vito’s chest hair like?’...”
Smiling, Vito said, “I did trim!”
Ellie said, “I did say to him you could do with a bit of a shave!”
Craig later said, “...and people are still speculating about the romance aren’t they?”
Hugging Ellie Vito said, “We have a great great relationship and we are going to have… it was a promise.”
Ellie added, “Yes, we made a promise weeks ago - we had a little joke - ‘if we make it to the final, why don’t we get a tattoo? - but we didn’t expect to get there. And that will be the symbol of our bond and our friendship that we’ve made over Strictly.”
On how life has been since winning Strictly, Ellie confessed, “I don’t think it will ever sink in! I still cannot believe that we won… it was such an emotional time and it kind of feels like a dream - but the best dream ever!”
But confessed that she’s actually broken the trophy! Ellie said, “It wasn’t on purpose. But yeah, I did break the trophy - but my dads fixed it! He took it to the shed and it’s fixed and it’s on the dining room table and it’s perfect.”
She added, “The [Strictly] tour coming up is the next exciting thing… I started Strictly as a girl and left as a woman, I’ve grown in confidence so much.”