Bruno Tonioli made a showstopping return to Strictly Come Dancing for the Christmas Day particular.
The previous choose, 67, entertained viewers as he carried out a rendition of Do not Depart Me This Means by The Communards.
The Italian choreographer give up the present after 18 years in Might, admitting that flying backwards and forwards between the UK and the US for the present had turn out to be ‘an excessive amount of’ for him.
He is again! Bruno Tonioli made a showstopping return to Strictly Come Dancing for the Christmas Day particular
Bruno donned an all-white outfit for the present, sporting a sequinned blazer with an identical shirt and trousers.
The dancer was final a daily choose on Strictly throughout sequence 17 in 2019 and was absent the next yr because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bruno had been juggling his function on the BBC dancing present together with his stateside judging gig on Dancing With The Stars since 2005 and it was merely exhausting him.
Following his departure from Strictly, Bruno stated he ‘simply cannot do the 10-hour flights anymore and was executed.’
Efficiency: The previous choose, 67, entertained viewers as he carried out a rendition of Do not Depart Me This Means by The Communards
Bruno has been on the coronary heart of the BBC dance present since its 2004 launch.
Nonetheless, he hadn’t been a daily on the panel throughout the pandemic on account of journey restrictions amid his filming on Dancing With The Stars.
Final yr, Bruno was changed on the UK judging panel by Anton Du Beke amid difficulties jetting backwards and forwards.
Whereas the yr earlier than that, Bruno appeared by way of video hyperlink because of the identical points.
Type: Bruno donned an all-white outfit for the present, sporting a sequinned blazer with an identical shirt and trousers
It was beforehand steered by Craig Revel Horwood that Bruno might return to evaluate alongside Anton, however now it seems that he’ll keep put within the US.
Bruno shaped a part of the unique Strictly line-up alongside Craig, Arlene Phillips and his Dancing With The Stars co-star Len Goodman.
Earlier this yr, the star dominated out a extra long-term return to the present in an interview with MailOnline.
Resolution: Bruno in Might, admitting that flying backwards and forwards between the UK and the US for the present had turn out to be ‘an excessive amount of’ for him (pictured on Strictly in 2019)
He stated: ‘Nicely I at all times will miss it, it is my household, however I imply we’ll at all times be mates and also you by no means know what is going on to occur.
‘In the intervening time, you recognize it is simply as not possible, you recognize the state of affairs is simply too difficult however they’re all my brothers and sisters, we’re all loving one another, you recognize, no exhausting emotions, they’re nice, they do an important job.’
However providing hope for Strictly followers he added: ‘You realize what is going on to occur, nobody is aware of what is going on to occur sooner or later, however in the meanwhile I do the American present however I can not do the journey, it is not possible.’
New line up: Bruno was changed on the UK judging panel by Anton Du Beke amid difficulties jetting backwards and forwards (L-R Shirley Ballas, Anton, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse)
