As a seasoned Strictly Come Dancing professional, her children were always going to be fond of a song and dance.
So it is no surprise that Dianne Buswell has revealed her unborn son is already perfecting his moves in the womb when she hits the dance floor each weekend.
The Australian dancer, who has been paired with Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis, is the first professional in the show’s history to compete while pregnant.
The 36-year-old said her baby gets particularly excited when the live band strikes up.
She told The Mail on Sunday: ‘There’s been a few little Strictly kicks, especially when he hears Dave Arch’s band. He’s a big fan of Dave Arch at the moment, and he’s like, “Oh yeah, I love that music. Come on.”Â
‘I don’t feel him when I dance, because he’s probably rocking him to sleep.’
Dianne Buswell, pictured with her Strictly Come Dancing partner Stefan Dennis, has revealed her unborn son is already perfecting his moves in the womb
The Australian dancer, pictured in March 2025, is the first professional in the show’s history to compete while pregnant
The dancer, who spoke ahead of last night’s energetic Charleston with Dennis, 66, added: ‘He’s gonna be having a good old time in there. That’s for sure.’
Ms Buswell revealed she was expecting a baby boy with YouTuber boyfriend Joe Sugg just a week before the new series began.
The couple, who met when they were paired on Strictly in 2018, set their pregnancy reveal video to Elton John’s Tiny Dancer, with Sugg, 34, captioning the clip: ‘Our little baby boy. We cannot wait to meet you.’
Asked whether she had had to adapt her dancing around her pregnancy, Ms Buswell said: ‘I’ve continued on doing exactly what I would normally do. [Stefan is] the eldest in this competition, and so we wouldn’t be doing crazy lifts and stuff anyway.
‘We’re also a very similar height, which doesn’t allow physically for overhead presses and stuff like that. So yeah, I adapt, but not because I’m pregnant. I’m adapting for what is right for the partnership.’
She also revealed that since announcing her pregnancy, she has been inundated with support from Strictly fans.Â
The dancing star revealed she was expecting a baby boy with boyfriend Joe Sugg (right) a week before the new series began
She said: ‘I have had some really lovely messages. Everyone’s pregnancy is going to be so different.
‘So if I can be an advocate for people who are feeling really good and are able to still do what they did before then, then that’s great.’
Last Saturday, she and Dennis did not perform after the actor was struck down with an unexplained illness.
‘I actually feel better when I’m dancing,’ she said of the brief rest.Â
‘When we had the time off last week, it’s when I felt my worst actually, because I wasn’t moving as much and I felt the effects more.
‘Then, weirdly, I feel much better when I’m moving my body. That was an interesting realisation.’
