BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola says 'it's something special' as update on Sarah Hadland reunion revealed

Vito Coppola was flooded with messages from fans as he told them what he believes is 'something special' with a glimpse of his family life in Italy.

The Strictly Come Dancing star was once again seen making it all the way through to the final of the 2024 run of the BBC One dance contest at the end of last year, having been paired with actress Sarah Hadland back in September.

They competed in the glittering grand finale against JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec in a bid to be crowned the show's latest winners before it was announced that Chris and Dianne were voted as Strictly's 2024 champions.

Sarah and Vito were recently seen going their separate ways for the festive season, with Vito seen heading back home to Italy. While he was away, he roped his loved ones into a video which he's only just shared and showed them sporting his new line of t-shirts after he launched his own merchandise at the end of last year.

The black tee poses the question: "Do you need a Vito hug?" and the dancer was seen popping them on his family members before embracing them in his own lovable style.

Alongside the video, Vito wrote: "DO YOU NEED A VITO HUG? For me the Hug is something special. It’s my way of sharing Love. Always with love #loveisthebestingredient @jonathan_copp @erikarufolo98 & nonno Vito."

Sarah was among those who were quick to respond, with the Miranda star writing in the comments: "I love this [red heart emoji]/ Please can I have one?" to which Vito replied: Yes Trillyyyyy. I will bring it to you when I will come to the tour. Hopefully soon."

His comment came before he confirmed that he will be reuniting with Sarah as the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour continues in Sheffield. Vito was forced to miss the opening weekend as he had to rest due to injury. He's now joined the rest of his co-stars and is gearing up to perform once again.

He shared a video on Instagram on Monday (January 20) which he then wrote alongside: "Good morning beautiful people. I am here to bring good news. I am feeling better and I am recovering well and I will be finally able to be back on tour. I wanted to share with you this beautiful news because you have been so supportive and so kind to me. You sent me thousands of messages and I could feel all your love. You gave a massive contribution and I am so so grateful.

"Thank you so much. Back soon, during this week." He added: "Happy to joined the gang on the Arena Live Tour and excited to be back on the new project @dancewithshirleyandvito for all the classes and workshops #alwayswithlove."