Strictly Come Dancing professional Dianne Buswell has confirmed that she and her long-term partner Joe Sugg have welcomed their first child.

Dianne announced she was pregnant back in September, just weeks before the latest season of Strictly – on which she was paired with fellow Aussie, Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis – was due to get underway.

On Wednesday evening, Dianne and Joe shared a joint Instagram post confirming that the dancer had given birth to a son on Monday, who they have named Bowden Mark Richard Sugg.

“Never felt a love like it,” the two wrote in their post, alongside a beautiful photo of Bowden sleeping, as well as pictures of Dianne holding him in her hospital bed and Joe carrying him home.

Take a look at the couple’s post for yourself here.

Dianne and Joe met when the YouTube personality competed on Strictly during the 2019 season.

After being paired up by Strictly producers, the two made it all the way to the final, and announced days after the series ended that they had begun a relationship while working together.

Over the course of her time on the long-running BBC dance show, Dianne has also been paired with popstar-turned-minister Reverend Richard Coles, broadcaster Dev Griffin, The Wanted performer Max George, actor Robert Webb, presenter Tyler West and EastEnders star Bobby Brazier.

However, her most famous celebrity partner is probably comedian Chris McCausland, who made history as the show’s first ever blind contestant, and with whom Dianne eventually went on to lift the Glitterball Trophy back in 2024.

As well as their Strictly win, Dianne and Chris also scooped a TV Bafta in the Most Memorable TV Moment category for their emotional Waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Last year, she defended her decision to continue dancing on Strictly during her pregnancy, having previously explained: “I’m still doing everything I did before. Obviously, with lifts, there’s going to be a bit more caution. But my doctor has said everything is normal.

“He said, basically, if you’ve done it before, in terms of being a dancer, and you’ve done this, done that, then crack on and keep doing what you’re doing.”