Strictly’s Aljaz Skorjanec lands huge new BBC show alongside wife Janette Manrara
STRICTLY Aljaz Skorjanec is celebrating after landing a huge new BBC show alongside dancer wife Janette Manrara.
The professional dancer, 32, revealed last April he was sensationally quitting the famous BBC dancefloor.
The Sun can exclusively reveal he’ll be on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip and is filming it right now.
An antiques expert on the show tweeted some pics with Janette Manrara- who he'll be reunited with on the show to Strictly fans delight.
BBC did not comment on Aliaz new role.
Aljaz, who danced with Dragon’s Den star Sara Davis on the last series of the hit show announced he was leaving Strictly after nine years earlier this year.
Read more on Strictly
Aljaz said it was a “tough” decision to leave the show in a statement on Monday.
He added: “The show has given me an opportunity and freedom to create and express myself in front of millions of people every weekend for the last nine years.”
His wife Janette, who left the show to co-present It Takes Two last year, also shared a lengthy statement about him leaving.
She wrote: “All good things come to an end, but with every ending comes new beginnings.
Most read in TV
“I cannot wait for the exciting adventures life will have for him in the future because I know at the centre of all of his endeavours will be kindness and love for whatever he does.”
Aljaz first joined Strictly in 2013 and in his first year won the competition with WAG Abbey Clancy.
Read More on The Sun
He has also previously been partnered with stars including Daisy Lowe and Gemma Atkinson.
A spokesperson for Aljaz said: “Aljaz has the utmost respect for everyone working on the show and it is untrue to say he was forced out or acted in an aggressive manner at any time. It was Aljaz’s decision to leave the show after an incredible 9 years.”
