BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola praised for 'beautiful' message over co-star 'sister'

Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola was flooded with messages after he shared a 'beautiful' tribute to his co-star 'sister'. The dancer is currently enjoying life on the road alongside a number of his fellow professional dancers from the BBC One dance contest.

Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals tour kicked off earlier this month and consists of 36 dates up and down the country. Alongside stops in London, Birmingham, Blackpool, Cardiff and Glasgow, the show, which marks the largest line-up to date, will arrive at the Lyric Theatre in Salford on May 14 and 15.

As well as Vito, the other talented professional dancers taking part are Graziano Di Prima, Karen Hauer, Gorka Marquez, Nancy Xu, Dianne Buswell, Carlos Gu, Nikita Kuzmin, Jowita Przystal, Neil Jones, Michelle Tsiakkos and Luba Mushtuk.

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But while on the road, there has been days of celebrations for the cast with a few birthdays taking place including Neil's on Saturday (May 4), Dianne's on Monday (May 6) and Graziano's on Tuesday (May 7).

And while he's publically shared birthday wishes for all of his co-stars, Vito's gushing message about Dianne did take pride of place on his Instagram grid as alongside sweet pictures and hilarious videos of the pairs, he said: "Happy Birthday to this special human… Gorjiii @diannebuswell.

"In this day I want to wish you all the best and all the beautiful things because you are a beautiful person. Thank you for being so welcome to me since the very first day, and even if we met just one year and half ago I feel as if we have known each