Dani Dyer’s BBC Strictly replacement has been revealed as fellow Love Island star Amber Davies.

The Welsh actor and TV personality found fame on the reality show in 2017, the year before Ms Dyer won the show.

Ms Dyer had to pull out of Strictly just days before the first live show after injuring her ankle, with professional partner Nikita Kuzmin’s future on the series initially unclear.

Since her own Love Island win, Ms Davies began her acting career, landing theatre roles in Pretty Woman, 9 to 5: The Musical and The Great Gatsby.

On joining On joining the BBC competition, Ms Davies stated: “This has been the craziest 24 hours of my life.

“I’ve watched Strictly with my family since I was younger and to now be part of the show is a dream come true.

“I’m going to give it my all and I am sending Dani well wishes for a speedy recovery. I hope I do her proud.”

Ms Davies has only just begun rehearsals with Mr Kuzmin, with the couple set to perform a Waltz on tomorrow’s first live show.

The announcement comes after Ms Dyer, 29, shared on Tuesday that she’d no longer be able to partake in the popular competition series after hurting her ankle during training.

She explained: “I had a fall on Friday in rehearsals and landed funny. I thought I had rolled my foot but it swelled up badly over the weekend and after an MRI scan yesterday, it turns out I have fractured my ankle.

“Apparently doing the quickstep on a fracture is not advisable (!!) and the doctors have said I am not allowed to dance so l’ve had to pull out of the show.

“To say I’m heartbroken is the biggest understatement. I am so going to miss dancing with Nikita but will of course be watching closely and cheering all the couples on.”

Sharing his own statement the following day, Mr Kuzmin stated: “So, so gutted to have finished our journey before it even properly started.

“The amount of laughs and fun we had in this short time was unbelievable!

“Really loved our partnership and hope that one day we can actually get to week 1 lol but, heath is the most important thing.

“I’m wishing you the absolute best @danidyerxx you’re so lovely, positive and a wonderful human being!!

“And it breaks my heart knowing how excited you were to do your absolute best on the show!

“Hopefully we can pick up next year. Love from #danita or #dakita or #Nani (WE ACTUALLY HAVENT DECIDED ON THE TEAM NAME IN TIME).”

Ms Dyer quickly responded in the comments with an equally emotional response in which she admitted: “I’m crying again.”

She added: “Thank you for being the best teacher ever… You are the kindest most amazing person.

“Going to miss our laughs & dancing with you.. let’s try again one day and sort our team name.” (sic)