BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola triggers co-star to ask 'wish me luck' amid new move

Vito Coppola's co-star jokingly asked fans to 'wish her luck' as they prepare to join forces with a new project. The Strictly Come Dancing star revealed before Christmas that he'll be teaming up with the dance show's head judge Shirley Ballas.

Taking to Instagram at the time, Shirley shared a glamorous picture of the pair and said: "Calling all BALLROOM studios! @vitocoppola and I are on the hunt for ballroom studios in Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and London.

"Across January and February, we’ll be teaching dance classes open to EVERYONE and we’d love to give back to our industry by hosting them in local ballroom studios. So, who has a studio and where are you based? Let us know in the comments as we’d love to teach in your studio."

They've since put a string of dates together and in a recent video, Vito updated fans on the upcoming dance classes. He shared a video on Instagram in which the beaming star in which he said: "Dancing with Us is ready to go on the road!" before he explained that as well as sharing their knowledge of dance, its also an "exchange of love".

He went on: "Dance is for everyone. Everyone can dance! So if you didn't book your ticket, book it now because we are so ready!" Vito added: "We are really working hard to make sure that this is going to be a memorable experience..."

Alongside the post, Vito also shared with his fans and followers: "@shirleyballas and I are sooooo excited to start our classes on the road and to meet all of you. We will make sure that through @dancewithshirleyandvito you are going to dance, to have fun, to learn with enjoyment and enthusiasm.

"We just want to share our passion and our love for dancing with you beautiful people. We are really