The biggest names in British TV have been queuing as much as take over Strictly Come Dancing since Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman’s departure, and now contender Zoe Ball has dropped the largest hint but that she’s received a presenting position.
The former It Takes Two host teased that she has one thing “glamorous” arising, with BBC colleague Jo Whiley dropping a huge hint that it’s Strictly associated.
When requested what she’ll be as much as this week, Ball stated on her podcast Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball: “Absolutely nothing going on my end. Nothing going on my end at all – she said suspiciously.”
“Hopefully, afterwards I’ll be able to tell you about it all, but obviously at the moment I can’t say anything about it,” she stated on Wednesday (15 April).
When co-host Whiley famous that she had dyed her hair, Ball stated: “I’ve had some pieces put in because I need to be glamorous for something.”
“Why would you be needing to be glamorous?” Whiley cheekily requested, with Ball responding: “Oh, you know, for doing the garden. I just caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, and I’ve just been going down the shops.”
Jo Whiley then made the tongue-in-cheek remark, “Strictly gardening,” with Ball swiftly shifting on.
The Independent has contacted the BBC for remark.
BBC star Ball, 55, began her presenting profession on children’ present Playdays earlier than finally changing into the first feminine host of Radio 1’s breakfast present in the Nineties. She later hosted Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show and Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream.
Ball stated in January that she would “love” to host the present, however added that she had not spoken to the present’s bosses. “I will still be watching, whoever hosts,” she stated, including that Alan Carr, Amanda Holden, Rylan Clark and Vernon Kay might be robust replacements.
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Just one month earlier than, her father, Johnny Ball, appeared to substantiate that she was being thought of for the position. “People are coming to her, but it’s too early to say,” he stated.
“I think she would love it, I think she would love the job because she took over from Claudia on It Takes Two, and if anything, she did a better job than Claudia.”
Earlier in April, Alison Hammond – who can also be rumoured to be a possible substitute – backtracked on her claim that she turned down an offer to be the host of Strictly.
While she had beforehand advised the Radio Times that she was too busy to tackle the position, she later advised Metro: “Do you think I would turn down Strictly if Strictly came along?
“Who would turn down Strictly? They’d be absolutely crazy. I was trying to back them off because ultimately everyone keeps putting my name in the mix and they’re ruining my chances of even getting on to Strictly, do you know what I mean?”
