The dancer gushed over his ‘beautiful baby’ as their next reunion was confirmed – and fans haven’t got long to wait

Strictly Come Dancing star Vito Coppola
Strictly Come Dancing star Vito Coppola(Image: Vito Coppola Instagram)

Vito Coppola has publicly gushed over his ‘beautiful baby’ as their next reunion was confirmed – and fans haven’t got long to wait. The Strictly Come Dancing star is currently making the most of time with his family.

Vito is currently spending time with his family in Italy, where the professional dancer jetted off to following the end of the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour, which he had to withdraw from due to a back injury. He had been expected to perform alongside his 2024 partner Sarah Hadland.


But despite taking a break, dancing isn’t too far from Vito’s mind as he is preparing for his next dance class. The dance contest pro teamed up with Strictly judge Shirley Ballas to put on dance classes across the country.


They then ended earlier in February with a Valentine’s Day special, which saw Sarah join as a special guest alongside Montell Douglas and Carlos Gu. Now, Vito is going to go solo with his first online class.

The class will take place this Saturday, March 8, to mark International Women’s Day. An announcement on the ‘Dance With Us’ Instagram page previously read: “WOMEN’S DAY ONLINE CLASS!


“Let’s celebrate all together the International Women’s Day. Everyone can join this special event dancing with Vito @vitocoppola The First ONLINE CLASS presented by our Dance with US Family @dancewithshirleyandvito. This is going to be an incredible class, different from any other one done before! Get your special ticket and join us.”

He’s since announced that his brother, Jonathan, will be joining the class and then over the weekend, Vito revealed that Ellie Leach, who he won Strictly with back in 2023, will also be joining in the fun.


Ellie will be joining Vito for his online dance class(Image: Ellie Leach Instagram)

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And Vito has once again been showing his support for Ellie as the actress took to Instagram with a new video in which she was seen getting ready for a day out in the pre-Spring sun.

Captioning the clip, in which she could be seen slipping into a leopard print shirt and black mini skirt, the former Coronation Street star wrote: “Get dressed with me…”

Vito was among those to quickly respond, as he gushed in the comments section: “Beautiful babyyyy,” alongside a leopard emoji. Former co-star Helen Flanagn also posted a string of love heart eyes emojis in response to the post, while her soap star cousin Brooke Vincent added: “Beautiful darling.”