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Claudia Winkleman enjoyed a rare outing with her husband Kris Thykier as they joined a slew of stars at a star-studded party to celebrate Chiltern Firehouse’s 10th Anniversary on Thursday.
The Strictly Come Dancing host, 52, enjoyed a break from hosting duties to head to the swanky event with her husband of 24 years.
Showing off her signature sense of style, Claudia opted for a chic black velvet blazer and a buttoned white shirt, teamed with leggings and knee-high boots.
Keeping with the event’s masquerade theme, she and Kris both sported matching masks as they headed into the party.
Chiltern Firehouse ensured that they celebrated their anniversary in style, with stars including Ellie Goulding, Sienna Miller and Lily Allen in attendance.
Claudia Winkleman enjoyed a rare outing with her husband Kris Thykier as they joined a slew of stars at a star-studded party to celebrate Chiltern Firehouse’s 10th Anniversary on Thursday
The Strictly Come Dancing host enjoyed a break from hosting duties to head to the swanky event with her husband of 24 years
Showing off her signature sense of style, Claudia opted for a chic black velvet blazer and a buttoned white shirt, teamed with leggings and knee-high boots
Claudia has once again joined Tess Daly as the hosts of Strictly Come Dancing 2024, and last week viewers were left reeling after she made a surprise announcement on Sunday’s show.
As the contestants who had made it through to the next round sat on the blue sofa in the ‘Clauditorium’, host Claudia dropped a huge bombshell about what would be happening the following week.
She revealed that for week three of the competition, which is the Movie Week theme, that professional dancer Gorka Marquez and celebrity partner Dr Punam Krishan would be doing the first Couple’s Choice routine of the series.
Introduced to the show in 2018, the Couple’s Choice allows the professional and their partner to perform a freestyle routine not restricted to a particular style of Latin or Ballroom.
Yet fans were left in shock at the announcement, given the Couple’s Choice is not usually introduced until later in the series.
Turning to Gorka and, Dr Punam, Claudia revealed: ‘Gorka, you two are doing the first couples choice of the series.’
Gorka, who has been dating former Strictly contestant Gemma Atkinson for six years, answered: ‘What we are doing, it’s for the first time. This dance style has never been done before’.
Refusing to give anymore away, the other contestants shared their delight with a flurry of gasps.
Keeping with the event’s masquerade theme, she and Kris both sported matching masks as they headed into the party
Claudia has once again joined Tess Daly as the hosts of Strictly Come Dancing 2024, and last week viewers were left reeling after she made a surprise announcement on Sunday’s show
However, not everybody was happy with the couples choice being allowed so early in the competition, and some viewers took to X to vent their frustration:
‘No. Absolutely no need for a couples choice in week 3 #SCD #Strictly’
‘Couples choice is just a blank canvas to hand out high scores and save somebody. It needs binned. #strictly’
‘Couples choice in the 3rd week. Ridiculous. #StrictlyComeDancing’
The couples choice category was first introduced in series 16 where couples were originally given a choice between three different styles of dance to perform – contemporary, theatre/jazz and street/commercial.
Those three styles were used until Series 19, where the couple’s choice then became a freestyle dance and no longer restricted to a specific style of dance.
Also in the results show, viewers were also left reeling after Olympic swimmer Tom Dean was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the dancing competition.
