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Tess Daly kept her mind off the looming Strictly Come Dancing launch night as she led a host of arrivals at a fashion event hosted at Selfridges in London on Friday.
On Friday night, the former host of the BBC dance show, 57, headed into town to celebrate 40 years of collaboration between the department store and Paul Smith.
Tess looked radiant in an asymmetric white top and flared trousers, which she styled with a pair of court shoes and a quilted Gucci bag.
The TV presenter showed no signs of regret as she beamed for the camera, just hours before the show is set to return without her on Saturday night.
Tess attended the event with her friend and NAIA Beach co-founder Gayle Lawton, who looked just as glamorous in an all black look.
She also caught up with Kirsty Gallacher, who opted for a chocolate brown trouser suit for the stylish occasion.
Tess Daly kept her mind off the looming Strictly Come Dancing launch night as she led a host of star arrivals at a fashion event hosted at Selfridges in London
On Friday night, the former host of the BBC dance show, 57, headed into town to celebrate 40 years of collaboration between the department store and Paul Smith
Tess attended the event with her friend and NAIA Beach co-founder Gayle Lawton, who looked just as glamorous in an all black look
She also caught up with Kirsty Gallacher , who opted for a chocolate brown trouser suit for the stylish occasion
During the launch show, which reveals which professional dancer each celebrity will be dancing with, the new hosts will make their long-awaited debut.
The BBC hit is entering a new era with the arrival of new hosts Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe, five new professional dancers and a pivot to sign stars that will help bring the show into the social media age.
Snaps from the launch show Emma, Johannes and Josh arriving in the Strictly ballroom for the first time, while the professional dancers take to the floor for a sultry group number.
No doubt in disbelief that their huge presenting gig has arrived, one image also shows the new hosting trio sharing a group hug.
This year's celebrity lineup will feature Love Island winner Dani Dyer, EastEnders' Lacey Turner, Gavin and Stacey star Melanie Walters, Australian singer Delta Goodrem, Big Brother host Will Best and Kim Kardashian's hair stylist Chris Appleton.
Also joining the celeb cast this year are actress Jaime Winstone, former footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips, Olympians Dame Sarah Storey and Tabby Stoecker, Love Island winner Cach Mercer, House of the Dragon star Bethany Antonia, Graeme 'The Dogfather' Hall, Emmerdale's Lawrence Robb and social media sensation John Nellis.
The launch will see the celebrities finally discover their professional partners, and they will take to the floor in the first live show on September 26.
Josh was the first to confess on Thursday he is feeling the nerves ahead of the first show airing on Saturday night.
He told The One Show hosts Alex Jones and Roman Kemp: 'It's nerve-wracking, we've been waiting for so long to do this. I've been living in a ball of fear. But since the launch I just want people to see it. Can we just show it now?'
The One Show presenters then tried to tease out of Johannes what his role will be on the show, which has so far remained somewhat of a mystery.
Tess looked radiant in an asymmetric white top and flared trousers, which she styled with a pair of court shoes and a quilted Gucci bag
The TV presenter showed no signs of regret as she beamed for the camera, just hours before the show is set to return without her on Saturday night
She left the event alongside her pal Gayle
However, he kept the mystery to himself and coyly said: 'What's lovely, is that you won't get to know on the launch. But I say tune in to find out. You have to, it's fun!'.
They also discussed the dance that will take place in the first episode and consist of all of the couples switching partners.
Emma explained: 'There's much more movement, they've never done it before. There's 3 groups of 5 and they'll have their own dance. They are paired and it's like speed dancing. They're all learned a routine. The music will start, they will dance, and then they switch. And they do five or so seconds and then 30, and they switch.'
Josh added: 'I think we should do it every week, it's so entertaining!'
Johannes said after seeing how much work went into the routine he admitted he was glad to no longer be one of the professional dancers.
He said: 'I'm so glad I've changed roles, it's a lot of work and it's never been done before.', before backtracking moments later.
Emma said she is constantly looking at Johannes when people are dancing to 'check if he looks jealous', as he admitted: 'The fomo (fear of missing out) is real!'
The presenters will also dance in an ensemble routine, as Emma revealed she had been practising at home with her husband Matt Willis.
Strictly Come Dancing's long-awaited return is just hours away, and fans have been given their first taster from the glitzy launch show
The BBC hit is entering a new era with the arrival of new hosts Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe
The launch will also feature a sizzling number introducing five new dancers: Lethabo Monametsi, Mark Karmalita, Maddie Ingoldsby, Aleksandra Isaeva and Cristian Priori
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