Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec say they know 'it's not good' but 'our baby loves it'
07.11.2023 - 19:01
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Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec have revealed that their baby daughter Lyra loves to watch Strictly Come Dancing. The couple appeared as professionals on the BBC One show, with 39-year-old Manrara now hosting spin-off series It Takes Two.
The duo are also starring in a 17 date-tour of their new show Dancing In A Winter Wonderland With Aljaz And Janette, including performances at the London Coliseum, and said they have dedicated one of the dances to baby Lyra, who was born in the summer.
Manrara told the PA news agency: “(Lyra) loves the TV. I know, it’s not good, you shouldn’t let babies watch TV for too long. That’s not good.
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“So we only really let her watch Strictly, and then every now and then we’ll put on baby sensory videos, which is like the ones that have the black background, that’s not bad for their eyes and stuff like that. But she likes Strictly a lot, she genuinely watches it all. I think the music and the colours and everything. It’s just like her eyes are wild and watching it.
“So I’m kind of hoping she’ll be side of the wing, just kind of like watching mum and dad do their thing. You know, it’ll be kind of surreal. There’s a dance in the show that we’re (going to) dedicate to her in the Disney section – of course it is a Disney section – and so for us to know that she’s there and we’re dancing a song for her… It’s (going to) be quite emotional. There might be tears.”
The couple met in 2010 while performing in the live dance show Burn The Floor, and they tied the knot in 2017. Speaking on the process of