Zoe Ball confirms she did not get Strictly presenting role

Zoe Ball confirms she did not get Strictly presenting roleJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSteven McIntoshEntertainment reporterPA MediaBall said she was "chuffed to even be in the mix" for one of the Strictly presenting rolesZoe Ball has confirmed she will not be one of the new presenters of Strictly Come Dancing, following an extensive audition process.The BBC is expected to announce who will replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman on the dance competition in the coming weeks, following the pair's departure last year.Discussing the Strictly role on the latest episode of her Dig It podcast, Ball said: "I didn't get it, but it's OK."She told her co-host Jo Whiley: "I have worked through the seven stages of grief/ rejection, over the last couple of days."Ball is the first presenter who had been linked with the role to publicly confirm she had taken part in the recent screen tests held by the BBC and is now out of the running."Obviously the papers have got wind of certain things, I don't think think they've got the full story yet, and I don't think the BBC have confirmed everything as of yet," she noted.In the podcast episode, due to be released later on Tuesday, the presenter said: "No, I didn't get it, but I tell you what, if who I think has got it, we're in safe hands and our new hosts are going to be fabulous. "I'm so thrilled for them, and hopefully at a later date, we'll be able to talk about them in more detail."Ball has had a long career at the BBC, with roles presenting the Radio 1 and Radio 2 breakfast shows, as well as Strictly's own spin-off It Takes Two. Discussing the Strictly presenting roles, she told Whiley: "I was so chuffed to even be in the mix. There were some pretty amazing people who didn't even make it into the mix."So I made it in the mix, and I had a really fun time having one last little play at a show that I...