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White Wine Question Time

Couples' Conversations from the Cellar: Strictly Stars Janette & Aljaž

White Wine Question Time

Biscuit Jim

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Valentine's weekend may have been and gone, but throughout February we're looking back at some of our favourite couples' conversations from our archive.


This week it's Strictly Come Dancing's power couple - Janette Manrara & Aljaž Škorjanec. Hear how their romance bloomed on the touring dance show 'Burn the Floor', why they only row once every three years and the best engagement story we've ever had on the podcast.


Enjoy the conversation - we'll be back on Thursday with a brand new episode.


Cheers.




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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to White Wine Question Time, the podcast that asks its guests,

0:06.5

three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine.

0:10.0

And today we're heading back down to the cellar for another episode from the archives,

0:14.2

and we're celebrating across the course of February the month of love by revisiting some of our

0:19.0

favourite couples.

0:20.7

And my guests this week are a couple in every sense of the word, both as man and wife

0:25.4

and as professional partners, dance partners.

0:28.5

You'll have come to know them through their time on Strictly.

0:30.6

He's from Slovenia and is a 19-time, Latin American and 10 dance champion.

0:35.7

She is from Miami and was the show's first dancer to have never competed in ballroom or Latin American,

0:41.6

having found fame on the USA Talent Dance Show so you think you can dance.

0:45.6

They met on Burn the Floor, a show they toured around the world for two years,

0:49.3

first as friends and then eventually as boyfriend and girlfriend before Strictly came calling.

0:54.7

They lit up the dance floor on the show and four years later got married three times no less in 2017

0:59.8

and continued to be two of the show's most popular dancers before she quit in 2021 to take over from Zoe Ball

1:06.3

as the host of It Takes 2 alongside Ryland on BBC 2.

1:10.1

I have so many questions. Let's dial

1:12.4

them up, shall we? It's Jeanette and Alyash. Hello, hello. Hello, Kate. We just looked

1:19.7

at each and we said, what an intro. It was mesmerizing But what a couple you are.

1:29.4

I mean, your story is amazing.

1:32.9

And before I dive into three questions for you,

1:36.0

I wanted to ask about a moment that I sort of got lost in

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