Ellie Leach has shared her disbelief as she made a return to Blackpool following her special visit to the seaside town during her successful Strictly Come Dancing stint last year.
As fans of the BBC One dance contest know, Ellie and professional dance partner Vito Coppola lifted the coveted glitterball trophy back in December.
They were crowned champions of the show's 2023 series following a close finale with Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans work out show 'curse' after JB Gill and Amy Dowden dance-off Ellie's Strictly journey then continued into 2024 as earlier this year, the former Coronation Street star was reunited with Vito and the pair joined a number of their co-stars from the Strictly Come Dancing Live 2024 tour which visited arenas up and down the country.
But shortly after the tour, Ellie headed into her next job and made her stage debut in Cluedo 2: The Next Chapter where she continues to star as Miss Scarlett.