Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman
Meet Strictly's fabulous presenting duo Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
Published: 5 September 2017
The ever glamorous Tess Daly returns to co-present another series of Strictly Come Dancing. She has the role of introducing the dances and probing the judges for their comments, whilst co-host Claudia Winkleman hosts the post-dance interviews with each couple.
After working around the world as a model and before landing her role on Strictly Come Dancing, Tess presented many other TV shows including Get Your Kit Off, Smash Hits TV, Children In Need and the Royal Variety Performance. She also presented BBC One’s celebrity singing talent show Just the Two Of Us alongside husband Vernon Kay.
As well as being a successful columnist Tess is also a published author with titles The Camera Never Lies and It’s Up To You, New York to her name.
Claudia Winkleman
The ever-popular Claudia Winkleman returns as co-host of Strictly Come Dancing with Tess Daly and will be providing first-hand reactions from the couples hot off the dance floor.
Claudia is a firm favourite with the Strictly audience, having co-presented the Sunday night results show alongside Tess Daly since 2010. In 2015, Claudia was named Best Entertainment Presenter at the Royal Television Society Awards for her work on Strictly Come Dancing and was nominated for Best Entertainment Performance at this year’s BAFTA TV Awards.
Claudia previously hosted It Takes Two and has many a string to her entertainment bow and also presents a weekly show on BBC Radio 2.
