Janette Manrara had an adorable reaction to her husband's career news this evening, as it was revealed Strictly Come Dancing is set to welcome back a familiar face to the dancefloor. Alijaz Skorjanec 's comeback was revealed earlier tonight on The One Show on BBC Two, where he expressed his excitement about returning to the BBC dance competition after two years away for family reasons. Speaking to hosts Alex Jones and Lauren Laverne , Alijaz beamed as he shared his delight at being part of this year's line-up of Strictly professionals.
"What haven't I missed? I got to look after my beautiful wife and my beautiful baby for two years. But I missed everything about Strictly," the professional dancer gushed. Alijaz, who lifted the Glitterball trophy with Abbey Clancy in his debut year on the show in 2013, went on to add on social media: "I had an absolute ball during my nine year stint on Strictly, during my time away I became a parent, which has been an exciting challenge in itself and now I’m ready to experience the Strictly magic again.
It feels so right to be coming back, I missed the fun, glitter and the judges of course and I hope to make my daughter Lyra proud!" Amid Alijaz's big news, his proud wife Janette took to Instagram to celebrate her beau's career move. The former It Takes Two host, who welcomed daughter Lyra into the world last year, shared two pictures of herself and Alijaz on the dancefloor alongside one snap of their baby girl. She captioned the snaps: "We s.