BBC Strictly’s Ellie Leach's body transformation since winning show
Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Leach has revealed her weight is plummeting thanks to her gruelling dance routine. The Coronation Street star, 23, and her former dance partner Vito Coppola, 32 spent almost every day together this time last year when they starred on the 2023 series.
“I’ve lost a lot of weight,” Ellie said at the time. “You’re training so much. I still need to work on my fitness levels but even the dance we’re doing this week, I wouldn’t have been able to do three weeks ago.”
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Before Strictly, Ellie wanted to get fit but was uninspired by working out. “I’ve never really been into physical activity or going to the gym and stuff like that,” she says. “But I’ve always loved watching people dance. So to be able to learn how to do it now, it’s amazing. My body and my mindset are changing so much each day. I don’t know how much weight I’ve lost but I can feel myself getting stronger, which I think is great.”
Ellie certainly looked incredible on the show and after spending all her time on Coronation Street dressed in either school uniform or one of Faye’s drab cardigans, she is enjoying being whirled through the BBC’s glitziest dressing-up box.
“The costumes and the hair and make-up are my favourite part about Strictly and always have been,
even when I watched it when I was younger,” said Ellie. “The fact that I get to try all these different make-up looks and the costumes, it makes you feel 10 times better. When you put the costume on, everything changes and it all really comes together.”
