Rachel Riley, maths wizard, Countdown presenter and Manchester United fan has confirmed she is expecting a baby with her partner Pasha Kovalev.
Rachel, 33, took to Instagram (like Joe Swash did yesterday) to announce the news in typical Countdown style.
She made the conundrum RTINYMATE to announce the pregnancy. When rearranged it spells 'maternity'.
To caption the photo she wrote: "Pash and I have a conundrum for you...you have till December to work it out!
We’re over the moon excited," which suggests the baby is due around the end of the year.
Rachel and Russian dancer Pasha, 39, have been together since 2014 after they were partnered in the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
She started dating her former Strictly dance partner after splitting from her husband and fellow Oxford University student Jamie Gilbert in 2013.
Earlier this year Kovalev announced he was leaving Strictly after eight years on the show.
Current Strictly champion Stacey Dooley was among those celebrating the baby news, tweeting "congrats!!!" to Riley.
Pointless star Richard Osman aped the Countdown conundrum challenge by writing "GANCINUORTSLAO!!!!!" instead of congratulations on Twitter.
Rachel has been co-presenter of Countdown, which is filmed in MediaCity, since 2009.
