BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Lauren Oakley declares love for co-star as she makes 'history'

Lauren Oakley has shared her love for one of her Strictly Come Dancing co-stars as a number of famous faces from the hit dance show continue to tour the country.

The professional dancer is among the dancers and celebrity partners who have hit the road as part of the Strictly Come Dancing Live 2025 tour.

Lauren travelling up and down the country alongside JB Gill after the pair made the final of the BBC One dance contest last year. As fans know, Lauren took over as JB's pro dance partner after Amy Dowden became injured amidst the shows Halloween special in October.

Lauren helped guide JB to the final where they performed their hearts out for the chance of lifting the Glitterball trophy, with the series eventually won by Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell. Now, they are making Strictly Live tour history by being the first trio to take part.

The string of arena shows kicked off earlier this month in Lauren's home city of Birmingham at the Utilita Arena and the couples joining her, JB and Amy are actress Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, reality star Tasha Ghouri, and Aljaz Skorjanec, EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas, The X Factor winner Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu and Gladiators star Montell Douglas and Kai Widdrington.

Away from performing in the arenas up and down the country, the show's cast are enjoying spending time together and Tasha took to Instagram with a stunning black and white snap of her and Lauren posting up a storm for the camera, with Tasha sporting a strapless leather dress and Lauren rocking a mesh top and leather skirt.

Alongside the post, Tasha simply tagged Lauren and added a white heart emoji. Lauren then reshared the post and wrote in view of her fans and followers: "This girl [heart