Johannes Radebe will be on Strictly Come Dancing for years to come

Johannes Radebe has shut down talk that he could quit 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

The 37-year-old dancer has been a popular figure since joining the professional line-up on the hit BBC show in 2018 and has dismissed rumours that he could leave after landing his "dream" role as drag queen Lola in a UK tour of the musical 'Kinky Boots' next year.

Speaking at his 'House of JoJo' dance show at the London Palladium on Saturday (04.05.24), Johannes said: "'Strictly Come Dancing' is a great show. If you're not watching it on Saturday, what are you doing?

"I will do 'Strictly Come Dancing' for as long as my bones allow."

Johannes even suggested that he may even try and steal Craig Revel Horwood's place on the judging panel.

The South African dancer added: "And then I will go for Craig's job."

Johannes reached the semi-finals of 'Strictly' with former tennis player Annabel Croft last year and paid tribute to the "wonderful woman" at the event after both bonded over grief during their time on the show - which came after the dancer's cousin took his own life and Annabel's husband Mel Coleman passed away after a battle with cancer.

He told The Daily Mirror: "Strictly' can be hard because you never know what is going to happen. I was dreading it because it's six months and you don't know who you will be paired with.

"But then I was paired with this wonderful woman. Not only did Annabel make sure I was OK emotionally, her family also opened their doors for me."