Emma Willis is reportedly set to be announced as one of the new Strictly Come Dancing hosts.
Since Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman revealed that they would be stepping down, a number of celebrities have been tipped for the role.
And Ms Willis, 50, is now believed to be the front runner to take over one of the positions.
She is thought to have impressed during the chemistry tests, with the channel seeing her as a ‘safe pair of hands’.
A source said: ‘Emma has been offered the Strictly job and is going to accept. She absolutely nailed the chemistry tests and the BBC adore her.
‘Emma is a household name and a safe pair of hands so the BBC know she will do the job justice.
‘She’s incredibly popular with the public too and will suit the role down to a tee. She was absolutely thrilled to have been offered the job.
Emma Willis is reportedly set to be announced as one of the new Strictly Come Dancing hosts
Since Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman revealed that they would be stepping down from their presenting duties last year, a number of celebrities have been tipped for the role
The insider also told The Sun: ‘Strictly is one of the biggest shows on television and to be trusted with the new era is something Emma feels incredibly proud and humbled by.’
The newspaper goes on to claim that Zoe Ball, 55, is expected to be the other half of the presenting duo.
A BBC spokesman told the Daily Mail last night: ‘Plans for Strictly Come Dancing 2026 will be confirmed in due course.’
Ms Willis has held presenting roles on The Voice UK, Big Brother, The Circle and Love Is Blind: UK which she fronts alongside her husband, Matt.
There have been plenty of other names thrown into the mix to take over in the past few months, including Rylan Clark, Alison Hammond and Alex Jones.
And after weeks of speculation and multiple major names turning the job down, nine shortlisted stars were recently summoned to a top-secret location in London to battle it out in full-scale dress rehearsals with a judging panel and live band.
BBC bosses forced the stars to sign strict NDAs to keep the tryouts under wraps and are hoping to announce a decision soon.
Among those confirmed to be in the callbacks were Clark, Ms Willis, Tom Allen and Ms Jones.
The Beeb has recently given an insight into what fans can expect for the 24th series of the much-loved programme.
The likes of Dianne Buswell, 37, Nancy Xu, 34, Vito Coppola, 33, Julian Caillon, 30, Carlos Gu, 33, Lauren Oakley, 35, Amy Dowden, 35, Katya Jones, 36, Neil Jones, 44, Nikita Kuzmin, 28, Jowita Przystał, 31, Johannes Radebe, 39, Aljaž Škorjanec, 36, Alexis Warr, 25, and Kai Widdrington, 30, will be returning to the dance floor this year.
Zoe Ball, 55, is expected to be the other half of the presenting duo for the primetime show
Ms Willis has held presenting roles on The Voice UK, Big Brother, The Circle and Love Is Blind: UK, which she fronts alongside her husband Matt Willis
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They will be joined by some professional dancers who are yet to be announced.
It comes after Karen Hauer, 43, Gorka Marquez, 35, Nadiya Bychkova, 36, Michelle Tsiakkas, 30, and Luba Mushtuk, 36, were all given the boot.
The celebrities will be judged by Shirley Ballas, 65, Craig Revel Horwood, 61, Motsi Mabuse, 45, and Anton du Beke, 59.
And some of the themes returning each week will include Movies, Icons, Halloween and Musicals, as well as the annual visit to the Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
But unfortunately viewers will also have to wait a little bit longer to find out which famous faces have decided to sign up to the show this year.
Ms Winkleman recently hinted that Strictly Come Dancing’s ‘glitz and glamour had started to wear off’ for her and co-host Ms Daly.
The BBC presenter, 54, quit the hit BBC competition last year after 13 years alongside Ms Daly, 57, who was a host for 21 years.
Asked by Closer magazine if the glitz and glamour had started to wear off for them both, she replied: ‘It’s not that I wasn’t excited at the end, but both of us were a bit like, “Oh yeah cool. All right, so then I do that…”‘
Ms Winkleman also recalled fearing her TV career was ‘over’ when she was offered The Traitors hosting gig.
‘Traitors was not supposed to be what it was. I remember phoning my husband and saying, “I think it’s over”,’ she admitted.
‘They sent me the Dutch version to watch and I was told to take a risk,’ she said. ‘I am incredibly lucky.’
