Alan Carr and Amanda Holden offered Strictly Come Dancing hosting job – with pair ‘so flattered’ by BBC plans to make them next Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman

Alan Carr and Amanda Holden have revealed they were offered the Strictly Come Dancing hosting job after Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly left the BBC series.

The comedian and the Britain’s Got Talent judge, who host their own property series together on the Beeb, revealed they were ‘flattered’ to be asked to take over from Claudia, 54, and Tess, 56.

The co-hosts of the BBC series stepped back from the show after the most recent series came to an end last December – with speculation continuing to grow about who will be lined up to replace them.

Alan, 49, and Amanda, 54, admitted they had ‘said no’ to the offer made by the BBC for them to take over as they appeared on Jessie and Lennie Ware’s podcast, Table Manners.

During the interview, the mother-and-daughter duo asked Alan and Amanda: ‘You two aren’t going to present Strictly together?’  to which the comedian responded: ‘No, we said no ages ago’.

Amanda previously addressed speculation the duo were being lined up to take over during her Heart Radio show in December, after fans called for the pair to be made the new hosts.

Alan Carr and Amanda Holden have revealed they were offered the Strictly Come Dancing hosting job after Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly left the BBC series

Alan and Amanda were said to have been one the BBC top choices to fill in for Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly who stepped down in December

She told her listeners: ‘I want to say now that me and Alan are 100 per cent not doing Strictly. We are so flattered to be in that mix. We both are not doing it.’

During the interview, Alan also shut down rumours that his popular comedy chat show, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, could make a comeback on Channel 4.

He continued: ‘It would be nice to do a chat show, I don’t know, but no one’s approached me or anything.’

Instead, Amanda and Alan have recently been busy with the latest series of their BBC Show, which sees them transform properties in sunny destinations.

The pair jetted to Corfu for Amanda & Alan’s Greek Job, which saw them tackle yet another renovation job, transforming a run-down home.

In one scene during the show’s second episode, Amanda admitted her regrets at ‘hurting people and causing chaos’ as she reflected on divorce during an emotional chat with best pal.

As the duo took time out from the building work, the mother-of-two reflected on her life so far, including her divorce from comedian Les Dennis.

Les, 72, and Amanda were married in 1995, before going their separate ways in 2002 and finalising their divorce a year later – after she had an affair with actor Neil Morrissey.

Amanda and Alan have recently been busy with the latest series of their BBC Show, which sees them transform properties in sunny destinations

Alan became a TV sensation during his stint of Celebrity Traitors earlier this year and the broadcaster is ‘gutted’ they can’t capitalise on his huge popularity

She went on to find love with music producer Chris Hughes, who she shares daughters Lexi, 19, and Holly, 13, with the pair getting married in 2008.

Reflecting on her time with Les, Amanda told Alan – who divorced Paul Drayton in 2022: ‘Obviously we’ve both been through a divorce.

‘We’ve both made mistakes and as much as I regret hurting people maybe, or causing chaos, it shapes you to who you are in this moment. I think life is too short to have regrets.’

Alan continued: ‘I mean it’s not decisions for me but knowing your worth and the amount of times I’ve been walked over and people have demeaned me.’

Amanda went on: ‘You are soft, you’re so lovely,’ as Alan added: ‘There’s time that I’d wished I’d said no, I wish I’d been a bit bolder and a bit stronger.’

The BGT judge expressed: ‘After a divorce, what you do think is that you are never gonna find love again. Do you sort of trust yourself to fall in love and make a good decision about somebody for the rest of your life?’

Celebrity Traitors winner Alan reflected: ‘Yeah, it’d be nice wouldn’t it? I don’t really trust anyone really, that’s the trouble. I think that is my main thing.’

Amanda asked: ‘What do you think I’m going to do to you?’ to which Alan reassured her: ‘I trust you and maybe my mum and dad and my family. It’s just getting out there and trusting isn’t it?’

The Britain’s Got Talent judge sat down with Alan, 49, for a sunny lunch in the second episode of the new series of their BBC property show, Amanda & Alan’s Greek Job

Amanda Holden admitted her regrets at ‘hurting people and causing chaos’ as she reflected on divorce during an emotional chat with best pal Alan Carr

Meanwhile, Alan was recently put out of the running to become the new Strictly Come Dancing host as his 2027 tour dates clash with when the show will be.

Alan became a TV sensation during his stint of Celebrity Traitors earlier this year and the broadcaster is ‘gutted’ they can’t capitalise on his huge popularity.

The BBC are now said to be eyeing up former It Takes Two host Rylan Clark as a potential host for the show.

‘Alan is out of the Golden Ten possible hosts and won’t be taking part in the tests; the BBC are gutted. He was their favourite to take on one of the positions but he’s spoken with the BBC and basically he cannot move his tour,’ a source told The Sun.

‘The dates which are scheduled for 2027 are not able to be rearranged and Alan has had to choose. The BBC understand his position but they are hugely disappointed.

‘They thought Alan would be such a great choice for the job. Rylan has now replaced Alan as one of their top choices, it will come down to how Rylan gets on in the chemistry tests.’

The Daily Mail contacted the BBC for comment.

Alan will be touring the UK and Ireland extensively in 2027 with his new show, Have I Said Too Much? – with 90 dates in total.

Alan Carr was put out of the running to become the new Strictly Come Dancing host as his 2027 tour dates clash with when the show will be

The BBC are now said to be eyeing up former It Takes Two host Rylan Clark as a potential host for the show

The second leg of the tour begins in September and runs right the way through to November, which clashes with Strictly.

Alan was one of three names who were the frontrunners, with Bradley Walsh and Alex Jones also favourites.

According to reports, contenders will be put through a series of partner-swap chemistry tests, with BBC executives keen to find the perfect on-screen pairing.

A source told The Sun previously: ‘Replacing Claudia and Tess is a mammoth task but the BBC have whittled down the talent to ten people.

‘As well as Bradley, Alex and Alan, Rylan Clark, Rob Rinder, Zoe Ball, and Holly Willoughby will be at the chemistry day.

‘Amanda Holden, Alison Hammond, and Angela Scanlon have made the cut too.’

The insider added that the stars will be brought into a studio and placed into different pairings to see who has the strongest on-screen connection.

They explained that pairings could consist of two women, two men, or a mixed partnership, as Strictly bosses look to ‘mix things up’ and find a combination that hasn’t been tried before.

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In a statement announcing their departure in October, Tess and Claudia said: ‘We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream.

‘We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time.

‘We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show.

‘They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.

‘We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza.’