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Who is Will Best? Meet Strictly Come Dancing 2026 contestant and TV presenter

No stranger to a live studio audience, it's Will Best!

Dianne Buswell and Will Best stood arm in arm kicking one leg ahead of him.

BBC/Guy Levy

Published: Friday, 23 October 2026 at 12:45 pm

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Will Best has been finding his feet on the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor, with the TV presenter showing plenty of improvement since the first live show.

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Paired with Dianne Buswell, Best began the series with back-to-back scores of 18 before leaping forward with 25 points and last weekend, they ascended even higher with 31 points.

With another live show on Saturday, Best will be hoping to keep that upward trajectory going as the competition continues to get tougher.

So, just who is Will Best? Read on to find out more about the Strictly Come Dancing 2026 contestant.

Who is Will Best?

Will Best wearing a matching red shirt and trousers smiling ahead with his hands on his hips.

Will Best. BBC/Ray Burmiston/BBC Creative

Age: 41

Job: TV presenter

Instagram: @iamwillbest

Will Best is a TV presenter best known as the co-host of ITV’s Big Brother, which he presents alongside AJ Odudu, as well as the Hits Radio Breakfast Show.

He began his broadcasting career more than 15 years ago as a presenter on Channel 4's T4, before going on to appear on programmes across BBC Three, This Morning and music channel Viva.

In 2017, Best co-presented Dance Dance Dance alongside Alesha Dixon. In the same year he and friend Henry Farnham set up Bloody Drinks, a drinks company specialising in canned Bloody Mary cocktails.

Will Best's Strictly journey so far

Scoreboard

Week 1: Samba (4 + 5 + 4 + 5 = 18)

Week 2: Foxtrot (4 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 18)

Week 3: Waltz (6 + 6 + 6 + 7 = 25)

Week 4: Jive (7 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 31)

What has Will Best said about Strictly Come Dancing?

A man and a woman dancing a waltz on the strictly dance floor.

Will Best and Dianne Buswell. BBC/Guy Levy

Will said that joining Strictly Come Dancing is "a dream come true"!

"My main feelings are a mixture of delirious excitement, and terror, and I think that's healthy," he said. "It still feels surreal and I can't quite picture myself on the show – it seems crazy that I'm going to be doing the thing that I've watched so many other people do for so long. And when I do imagine doing it, my knees go a bit wobbly."

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday 24 October at 6:30pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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Katelyn MensahSenior Entertainment Writer

Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.

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