They were confirmed as the replacements for Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman last week, now the new Strictly presenters have spoken out14:56, 24 May 2026Updated 14:56, 24 May 2026New Strictly Come Dancing hosts Josh Widdicome and Emma Willis have told how they feel invisible when stepping out with third presenter Johannes Radebe.‌The trio had their first joint excursion, to the Chelsea Flower Show, last week. And seasoned TV host Emma said the flamboyant pro dancer, from South Africa, was by far the biggest draw.‌Laughing that fan favourite JoJo was “like Brad Pitt” when it came to the middle-aged women in attendance, Emma said: “You are like the pollen and they are the bees, they just wanted to be around you.” She quipped that in future if she wanted to not draw attention to herself in public, she’d “just go out with JoJo”.‌READ MORE: Emma Willis to go head to head with herself on TV this autumn if she signs for Strictly Come DancingAnd Josh agreed: “Genuinely, me and Emma were walking around - I’ve never felt so anonymous in my life.” Johannes, 39, laughed: “Oh darling, let me tell you something - that’s the power of Strictly.”‌The new Strictly hosts were speaking for the first time since landing the much sought-after gig, in an interview conducted by Emma, 50, on her own weekend Radio 2 show. They revealed the lengths they went to to try and keep the news of their signings a secret, their fears going forward and which judges they preferred.Johannes, who joined the show in 2018, was asked to name his favourite judge from Anton du Beke, Motsi Mabusi, Craig Revel Horwood and Shirley Ballas and claimed he admired them all equally, before admitting: “Craig is a hard one to love at times! I also look forward to his approval. I always say, it’s a job, but outside this they are good. They are a bunch of fantastic people.”He also said he’d found it hard not telling anyone that he was moving to a new role on the show, revealing he’d even lied to his close friend Annabel Croft - his partner from 2023 - over landing the role. “It really hurt me, I hated every minute of it. My mum said ‘just tell her!’ I can’t!”‌Emma, who only told one of her three children for fear they would blab - and didn’t tell her parents at all - gasped: “There’s fibbing to your family and then there’s fibbing to a national treasure.”As comedian Josh let slip that he also didn’t tell his kids, Pearl, eight, and five-year-old Cassius because they were “definite leaks”, Emma said Isabelle, 16, Ace, 14, and 10-year-old Trixie were thrilled when she did finally reveal the truth, saying “Mummy, we’re so proud.”‌Having performed as a penguin alongside Karen Hauer in the 2024 Christmas special, Josh joked that he’d dress as a “different flightless bird” every week, kicking off as a flamingo for the launch show. But the 42-year-old confessed he did have real fears over how it would all go, after they were picked during auditions on the strength of their on-screen chemistry. “Every time we chat I think ‘oh my god what if there’s no chemistry there?’,” he said.He is also fretting about having to send people home when the BBC1 series returns from September. “I’m worried about - that one when you’re deciding who might be coming back to dance the end bit, the dance off, when there’s all the lights on people. I’m scared about telling people bad news.”‌But JoJo insisted: “That’s how the competition crumbles! Listen, it is brutal - every single one of those couples standing on that floor, all of them wish it is them that make it through, nobody wants to go home.”He confessed that he wouldn’t enjoy it either, “because it’s horrid”, saying that for the contestants “it feels like you’re jumping off a train”. He said the pros were also left bereft because they were often “falling in love with” their celebrity, because “they become your friends”. “It’s hard, I don’t like the elimination process.”The three have landed roles which give them all equal billing as main presenters, the BBC has said. But Johannes revealed the question he is being asked the most by friends, family and the public is whether he’ll stop performing himself.‌Pledging to stick with the show’s catchphrase and keeeeeeep dancing, he explained: “I will definitely be throwing some shapes and moving my hips. I can’t not. That’s my life.“For it to be taken away completely would be a travesty, for me as well, so it’s not lost, there’s a plan in action and that’s all I’m saying,” he explained. “I’ll still be dancing. It’s not my space any more to be on that dance floor but you’re going to see JoJo.”The dancer, currently starring in the West End’s touring production of Kinky Boots, said he’d received a deluge of messages from all the other pros - including those who had left the show like Kevin Clifton and Oti Mabuse. “Everybody has reached out,” he declared. "It’s fair to say I walked this journey with them and to step into something as new and exciting as this, they are so thrilled for me. I said ‘the bunions can rest!’”‌During their chat, funnyman Josh showed he was no expert when it comes to the different dances - when asked to name his favourite ballroom dance he picked the Latin number Argentine tango. But he insisted: “We’re not the experts Emma, we’re the man and woman in the street" as she wondered if they’d get away with calling dances “the twirly one” or “the one that’s quick with the feet”.But what Josh lacks in dance expertise, he makes up for in emotion. He said his favourite former winner was Chris McCausland “because he’s a friend and he was amazing”. And he said the performance that drew the most emotion from him came from Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice in 2021. He told Johannes: “Honestly, the final that was Rose against you and John (Whaite) was the best piece of television I’ve watched in years. It was incredible, I cried more over that than any bit of TV I’ve ever seen.”It was agreed that while Johannes was by far the best at dancing, he was rubbish when it came to messaging on their new WhatsApp group. Emma complained she’s barely been seeing her pop star husband Matt, from Busted, during the short period when their new jobs were secret earlier this month “because he’s working all the time” so she’d had to rely on her two co-hosts. “And JoJo never replies,” Josh laughed, as Johannes pointed out that he was a bit busy with his theatre show.Article continues belowEmma, who also fronts The Voice for ITV and Love is Blind for Netflix, told the pair:“I can’t wait to spend autumn and winter with you every single week.”