Nancy Xu has told fans she's 'so grateful' as she celebrated her own personal milestone as well as her return to Strictly Come Dancing.
The dancer is among the returning professionals for this year's run of the BBC One dance contest, which officially kicks off in the autumn.
It was back in April that the BBC confirmed the professional line-up for the upcoming run of the hit dance show. As well as Nancy, Amy Dowden, Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Gorka Marquez and Luba Mushtuk will all take to the floor once more.
They will also be joined by Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Aljaž Škorjanec, Kai Widdrington, Michelle Tsiakkas, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Nikita Kuzmin and Vito Coppola.
But that wasn't actually the complete line-up as when the initial announcement was made, it was also revealed that two brand new professional dancers will be making their debut.
The newcomers have since been revealed as So You Think You Can Dance champion Alexis Warr and Australia’s Dancing With The Stars' Julian Caillon and they were seen joining the pros in preparation for Strictly 2025.
Amid their return to prepare to pre-record the group numbers featured throughout the series, Nancy was also celebrating her birthday this week and took to social media with an update, which was quickly flooded with birthday wishes.
Alongside a video of her doing a determined strut through the streets, Nancy shared: "Birthday today! Also celebrating 7 years since I started my #Strictly journal! I feel so grateful for everything that has come my way. Here’s to many more adventures to come!"
Strictly It Takes Two host Fleur East replied: "Happy Birthday." Strictly's 2023 winner Ellie Leach said: "Happy birthday Nancy xuuuu." Last year's contestant and Gladiators star Montell Douglas commented: "Happy birthday gorge."
@bettymercer22 shared: "Happy birthday. I love watching you on Strictly they are very lucky to have you." @poppy.morrison_ wrote: "Happy Birthday you ray of SUNSHINE. I hope you feel so celebrated today, and this year brings you all good things." @be_a_flamingo_66 added: "Happy birthday Nancy. Keep on shining you beautiful soul."
