News just in suggests Strictly Come Dancing legend Bruno Tonioli is set to return to the glitzy BBC One show, it’s been reported.
However, it’s said he won’t be judging or dancing.
Instead, he’ll be playing a new part on the show, it’s alleged.
Strictly news: Bruno Tonioli to make show ‘return’
The former judge revealed earlier this year he had quit the show after 18 years, making way for Anton Du Beke on the panel.
However, it seems this isn’t the end for the 66-year-old and Strictly, as he is reportedly set to return for a spectacular Christmas performance.
It is reported that Bruno, who in 2016 released an album of Italian music, will sing instead of performing a jaw-dropping dance routine.
A source claimed to the Daily Mail: “Bruno loves to sing. He did an opera album called An Italian Romance back in 2016 and who knows, it might turn into a new career for him.”
ED! has contacted the BBC for comment.
Bruno has sung on Strictly before
It wouldn’t be the first time Bruno has belted out a number on Strictly.
In 2019, the pro took to the dance floor to perform a number to Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.
Bruno joined the pro dancers bedecked in pink feathers, but he was singing, not dancing.
Not a lot of people may know this, but Bruno was actually part of Eurovision group Duke and The Aces in 1980.
As per usual, fans had a lot to say about his wow-worthy performance.
Bruno reveals real reason he quit show
Earlier this year Bruno revealed the sad real reason for his Strictly Come Dancing exit, candidly admitting it’s a “miracle” he lasted 18 years on the show.
Bruno revealed the news that he had been forced to choose between Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing With The Stars – the US equivalent – which runs at the same time.
In previous years he had flown back and forth to appear on both. But Covid-19 and travel restrictions put paid to that.
He confessed in an interview with the Daily Mail: “There is no animosity, it was a mutual decision with both of us saying: ‘Listen, this is not going to work like it used to.’
“I just couldn’t do the flying any more. I don’t know how I survived that schedule. To be honest, it’s a miracle.
“I have no idea what it did to my health, don’t go there!”
The former dancer and choreographer cited an example of the toll the crazy to and fro had on him.
“There was a moment in the middle of a run when I blanked. I did not know where I was or what I was doing. It only lasted a second, then I saw the audience looking at me and it all came back to me.”
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