Read our Privacy noticeRichard Osman has shared an update on the search for Strictly Come Dancing’s new hosts, as he called rumours that Alan Carr and Amanda Holden were offered the job “nonsense”. As the presenters of their own BBC travel home renovation series, Alan Carr and Amanda Holden were originally reported to be in the running, until Carr claimed that they had turned down the job. I mean, it will be in the next month or so.”Alan Carr claimed that he and Amanda Holden had turned down the job ( Getty )Celebrity Traitors winner Carr, 49, recently took himself and Holden, 54, out of the running on the podcast Table Manners. Yet Osman argued: “They have not decided who’s going to host Strictly. Other stars rumoured to be up for the top spots include Paddy McGuinness, current It Takes Two hosts Fleur East and Janette Manrara, and Strictly 2018 winner Stacey Dooley.