Judi Love 'hopes' to be back on Strictly this weekend after Zoom training sessions

Strictly Come Dancing is underway with a new season and a brand-new cast of celebrity contestants. The dance competition is back for a full-length series, having aired for a shorter run of episodes last year due to the pandemic.

Loose Women star Judi Love has revealed she struggled returning to Strictly Come Dancing after contracting COVID-19.The 41 year old comedienne came back fighting with her professional dance partner Graziano Di Prima for the BBC competition's Halloween week special despite admitting the "fatigue was immense" from the virus.

Strictly Come Dancing 's Motsi Mabuse made a major blunder on Sunday evening as Judi Love was voted off seeing fans claim the show is fixed.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse has hit back at claims that the show’s dance-off is fixed after fans picked up on a blunder during this weekend’s elimination. Motsi and her fellow judges - Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke - were tasked with choosing whether to send home Adam Peaty and his professional partner Katya Jones, or Judi Love and Graziano Di Prima.

Baffled Strictly Come Dancing fans have been asking the same question following the latest results show.

Loose Women presenter, 41, returned to the show on Saturday night after missing last week as she tested positive for Covid.  And Judi's Cha Cha to Physical by Olivia Newton-John was not enough to keep her in the competition as she went up against Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, 26, and Katya Jones, 32, in the dance off.

Judi Love became the fifth star to be eliminated from the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday night. The Loose Women star, 41, who recently returned to the dance floor after battling Covid, faced Adam Peaty in the show's dreaded dance-off where they had to perform their spooktacular Halloween routines from Saturday night again.

Judi Love has confirmed she will perform again on Strictly Come Dancing this week after the comedienne tested positive with COVID-19 and has been required to self-isolate for the last week. The Loose Women star suffered symptoms of the virus, and posted videos giving updates to her fans throughout the week.

Strictly Come Dancing's Judi Love is reportedly still not back in training. The Loose Women star announced she had tested positive for coronavirus last week - and then cast doubts over her return to the Strictly dancefloor this weekend as she spoke out on social media from her Covid sickbed.

Strictly Come Dancing star Judi Love has shared a health update after testing positive for coronavirus.

Strictly Come Dancing this weekend. The BBC has confirmed the stand-up comedian and TV presenter will not take part in the competition with partner Graziano Di Prima.

Strictly Come Dancing star Judi Love has shut down the claims made by fans that co-star Adam Peaty "nearly kissed" his dance partner Katya Jones, stating that "a performance was executed". Calling it "gossip", the Loose Women panellist, 41, appeared on the show on Monday 18 October alongside her fellow ITV stars Coleen Nolan, Ruth Langsford and Jane Moore, where they discussed the latest Strictly news.