Strictly Come Dancing finalists Ellie Leach and Bobby Brazier have been enjoying secret dates together during the live tour of the BBC show.
Former Coronation Street star Ellie, 22, and EastEnders actor Bobby, 20, have grown closer since embarking on the UK tour this month, insiders have revealed.
A source told The Sun how the pair have kissed and been on secret dates during their breaks between performances.
They said: ‘Bobby and Ellie are the talk of the tour. Their friendship has grown and grown, and they’ve been spending nearly all their free time together before and after performances.’
Strictly Come Dancing finalists Ellie Leach and Bobby Brazier have been enjoying secret dates together during the live tour of the BBC show (pictured together on January 18)
Former Coronation Street star Ellie, 22, and EastEnders actor Bobby, 20, have grown closer since embarking on the UK tour this month, insiders have revealed (pictured together earlier this month)
‘They’ve been having their meals together, and flirting increasingly openly. The chat on tour is they may have enjoyed a cheeky snog, and will go public with their romance any week now.’
Bobby and Ellie have been pictured enjoying time together away from their Strictly co-stars, cosying up on a low-key date at Nandos last week and arriving at their Sheffield hotel together earlier this week.
The two youngest Strictly stars reportedly partied until 3am after the opening night of their UK tour – just hours before they had to perform again.
Both Bobby and Ellie were said to be among a group of stars letting loose at a lavish hotel bash, according to The Sun, after their first live show at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.
Strictly bosses reportedly spent £3,000 on hiring an entire floor at the Malmaison hotel in Birmingham for celebrations as the tour kicked off.
After a three-course dinner and drinks the party really started as they danced around to tunes played off a phone into the early hours.
But after staying up until 3am they had a matinée performance at 2.30pm on Saturday then a second show at 7pm.
Ellie and her pro partner Vito Coppola were crowned Strictly champions last year, with the pair repeatedly dogged by romance rumours throughout the series.
The former Coronation Street actress became the show’s youngest ever winner as she pipped Bobby and Layton Williams to the post.
However, the pair clarified their relationship status last week, with Vito insisting they are ‘going nowhere’, but confirmed they are just good friends.
Speaking to the The Mirror, he said: ‘We have a great relationship and honestly when you just find people, not just me and Ellie but their family which I love.
Ellie and her pro partner Vito Coppola were crowned Strictly champions last year, with the pair repeatedly dogged by romance rumours throughout the series
‘You just find these people that you think are going to stay in my life forever, in each others lives forever, and all the family and the dogs.’
‘We are going nowhere, don’t worry I am going to annoy you every single day, every week and every single year,’ he added.
When asked if they meant as friends, the pair confirmed that they are just good friends as they gave an insight into their close bond.
Bobby meanwhile split from his model girlfriend Liberty Love last year, and was briefly linked to fashion consultant Boadecia Evans.
