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Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg announce baby boy due in 2026

Published 17 September 2025

Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg announced on Sunday that they are expecting their first child together, revealing in an Instagram video that the couple are expecting a baby boy in 2026. The professional Strictly Come Dancing star, 36, and the former contestant-turned-YouTuber, whose age was reported as either 33 or 34 in different accounts, unveiled the news with a playful painting clip set to Elton John’s Tiny Dancer and captioned, "Our little baby boy. We cannot wait to meet you."

The video showed the pair at an easel, pretending to paint before turning the canvas to reveal stick figures of two adults and a child with the year 2026. The announcement came a week ahead of the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, which returns to BBC One on September 20. Early this week Buswell was pictured leaving a marathon rehearsal, smiling after what was reported to be a ten hour training session with her yet-to-be-revealed celebrity partner.

Buswell and Sugg met on Strictly in 2018 when the YouTuber competed in the show and was partnered with Buswell; the pair finished as runners up and confirmed their relationship after the series. The dancer has been part of the show since 2017 and won last...

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