Last year, Strictly Come Dancing professionals Johannes Radebe and Graziano Di Prima touched hearts across the nation with a beautiful and moving dance to Emeli Sande’s 2019 romantic pop anthem, Shine.

The routine was the first proper time that Strictly Come Dancing had featured a same-sex pairing, and it preceded its historic announcement for this year with its first same-sex contestant-professional pairing of boxer Nicola Adams and Katya Jones.

Reflecting on the dance on last night’s (22 October) The One Show, Johannes said: “It was a dance between two people, friends, for that matter, and I knew that it was going to start conversations but that’s what we need to do. “I’m so happy that Strictly are now introducing same-sex couples this

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