Inside Strictly's Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg's relationship as they expect first baby

YouTuber Joe Sugg and Strictly’s professional dancer Dianne Buswellare the main characters in a real-life love story that started on the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor and captured the hearts of the public.

While the ‘Strictly curse’ has made and broken relationships throughout the years, Joe, 34 and Dianne, 35, have been going strong for seven years and are now expecting a little boy after announcing Dianne is pregnant on Sunday evening.

The couple have had to challenge many split rumours over the years, but have proven that their relationship goes way beyond dancing chemistry.

Dianne joined the hit BBC program in 2017 and has reached the Strictly Come Dancing final twice before she finally got the chance to take home the glitterball trophy after she took the win with comedian Chris McCausland in 2024.

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When Joe met Dianne, she was dating Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actor Anthony Quinlan, but they separated, and a few months later Joe and Dianne pleased fans by going public with their relationship.

Joe made history when he joined the dancing show as the first YouTuber to take part and made it all the way to the finale. Confirming their romance after the show wrapped, Joe gushed: "I may not have won the glitter ball, but I’ve won something a million times more special."

Since then, Strictly fans have enjoyed seeing Dianne and Joe's relationship go from strength to strength on social media as they regularly share loved-up snaps on their romantic getaways, with their families - including Joe's famous older sister, Zoe Sugg.

The couple regularly spend time with Joe’s sister, Zoe and her fiancé, Alfie Deyes, who are also famous vloggers on YouTube.

Dianne and Joe went on to buy their first house together in 2021 and Dianne has spoken over the years about starting a family.

She previously told Closer: "I think definitely at one point we'll have children. it's something we'd both love, but we don't know when just yet. We always say our kids are going to watch YouTube videos of us dancing one day, and that's so cool!"

The loved-up couple announced the pregnancy news with a funny video of them painting a picture in their house. The camera shows them pulling faces as they concentrate on the task at hand before they reveal their joint artwork.

They then showed the image to the camera, which revealed Joe and Dianne as stick people with a stick baby in the middle.

Fans and friends couldn't contain their excitement for the announcement as Joe's brother-in-law, Alfie Deyes, wrote: "Sooo excited for you both! The family is growinggg", while Stacey Dooley penned: "YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES".

The Strictly Come Dancing official Instagram page wrote: "So happy for you both! Huge congratulations from the whole Strictly family".

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