The Strictly pros are a *tad* excited about Laura Whitmore signing up

Presenter Laura Whitmore was announced as a Strictly Come Dancing contestant on Wednesday and it looks like the pros are a teeny tiny bit excited about it.

@bbcstrictly pro boys after finding out @thewhitmore will be joining the show #Strictly2016 pic.twitter.com/XJQk8IsIJn

— Neil Jones (@Mr_NJones) August 10, 2016

The goofy tweet comes courtesy of new ballroom pro dancer Neil Jones. He joins alongside Gorka Marquez, Katya Jones, Oksana Platero, Chloe Hewitt and AJ Pritchard.

We’re a way off finding out who they will actually be paired with, of course. There are still plenty of celebrity contestants to be confirmed first. Whitmore was third to be announced alongside Will Young and Ed Balls.

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC later this year