BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Sarah Hadland's 'exciting' update after pleading 'positivity' in bottom-two claim

Sarah Hadland has given an 'exciting' update as her Strictly Come Dancing journey is set to continue beyone the TV series. The actress is currently impressing in the BBC One dance contest alongside her profesisonal dance partner Vito Coppola.

During week nine of Strictly's 2024 series, which was broadcast live from Blackpool's Tower Ballroo, saw Sarah and Vito energetically made their way onto the sprung ballroom floor on Saturday (November 16) before their performance saw them finish joint top of the leaderboard at the end of the night.

They got a near-perfect score of 39 points out of a possible 40 from the judges after their Fosse-inspired couple’s choice routine to Padam Padam by Kylie Minogue, with Craig Revel Horwood confusing fans by calling it "too perfect".

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As Sarah and Vito prepare for week ten of Strictly's 20th-anniversary series, which takes place this Saturday (November 23), it's been announced that Sarah will be one of the celebrities taking part in the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 Live Tour.

The Mirand star is joined by Montell Douglas and Shayne Ward as the first celebrities confirmed for the string of shows which will run from January 17 to February 9, 2025. The arena tour will open in Birmingham before moving to Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham, with the final shows set for London’s O2 Arena.

Sarah said she is “very excited” to be joining the tour as she has been having "such a ball" on the show. "After the amazing experience of performing in Blackpool at the weekend, I’m delighted that I’ll be able to continue this fabulous journey on the tour in 2025," Sarah added.

The news was revealed after Sarah pleaded for 'positivity' as it was suggested she may end up in the bottom-two this weekend. She'll return to the ballroom with Vito on Saturday night (November 23) where they'll perform a rumba to Chains by Tina Arena.

Appearing on It Takes Two on Tuesday (November 19) Fleur East surprised Sarah and Vito as she frew parallels between Vito's past experience with her on the show back in 2022. "I'm starting to see some parallels here," she said, "Because Vito, you and I did our Couple's Choice in Blackpool. The following week, we did a Rumba - and then we ended up in the bottom two. So how much are you hoping history doesn't repeat itself?"

Both Sarah and Vito found the comment amusing, with Sarah jokingly saying: "Let's start the week positively. Let's be positive," while Vito chimed in: "If we do get into the bottom two, it will be part of the story and it will mean we get to dance the Rumba twice."