Nikita Kuzmin has been delighting Strictly Come Dancing fans for weeks by giving them an insight into life on the road. However, all good things must come to an end and the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour is set to come to a close for another year.

Nikita, who was paired with hockey star Sam Quek during the BBC One dance contest's 2024 series, was always set to be on Strictly Live tour 2025 as one of the ensemble dancers but his role quickly changed as he was drafted in to cover for one of his co-stars.

Those who have been to see the shows in arenas up and down the country, including here in Manchester at the AO Arena, will have seen Nikita in a new partnership with actress Sarah Hadland after her series partner Vito Coppola had to pull out of the shows due to injury.

But Nikita and Sarah have proven popular with audiences, having been chosen as the Glitterball winners at a few of the shows, which kicked off on January 17 and will finish the tour this Sunday (February 9) as runners-up to tour winners Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec.

Away from what's happened on stage, Nikita, who is set to head out on his own solo tour later this year, has been keeping fans up to speed with what's been going on behind the scenes with regular posts on social media as she made sure to get plenty of picutres of himself and his co-stars.

The latest saw the group letting their hair down during a bowling night out amidst spending three nights performing in Nottingham. Alongside the photos, Nikita wrote on Instagram: "Strictly backstage BOWLING edition." But it's then when he added: "Probs the last backstage pics for this tour my loves [heart emoji]."

And fans were quick to respond. @andreastreeterbeauty said: "Will miss the backstage photos, we love those .So excited for MD photos though. So proud of you." @jake_kiel_yves commented: "Love all these photos." @susan.bailey.12 wrote: "Love these."

@kazbook.777 wrote: "Fab last pics Nikita. Looks like a great time was had by all. Have a great time at the remaining shows! Next stop London! Cannot wait now for Midnight Dancer!!" @emmalouise1223 added: "Noooooo but oh wait, soon there will be Midnight Dancer pics....eeeekkkk @nikita__kuzmin."