Former Strictly Come Dancing professional and It Takes Two host Jannette Manrara may already be planning her next career move.
The host of the Strictly spinoff has opened up on whether she'd ever go back to the dancing contest to sit on the judging panel.
"Never say never. Don't get me wrong, I think we've got an amazing line-up right now," she said to OK! of current judges Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas.
"But it would be an amazing opportunity," Manrara continued.
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The pro dancer appeared on eight seasons of Strictly between 2013 and 2020, before she took on hosting duties on It Takes Two alongside Rylan Clark last year. Manrara explained she had time to reflect on her life and career during the pandemic and "manifested" hosting the spinoff.
"I hadn't had that time to myself before to really take a step back and think about my feelings. When you do a show like Strictly, life is literally go, go, go and you don't have time to think," she said.
"I had never really been home and I was reflecting, asking myself, 'Am I happy?' It was scary. I wasn't dancing on stage and that's all I've known.
"So I put it out there as my manifestation that one day I'm going to present, one day I'm going to host. Literally a couple of months later I got It Takes Two."
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Manrara announced she would exit Strictly in 2021, with her husband Aljaž Škorjanec following suit in March this year.
"It wasn't a hard decision and it wasn't a scary decision," Manrara told HELLO! about leaving the show.
"It was more bittersweet because I was so excited to move into that part of my life, but also so sad to say goodbye to dancing on Strictly."
Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturdays and Sundays on BBC One, while spin-off show Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights on BBC Two. Both shows also stream on BBC iPlayer.
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