Most famously, he was paired with Ann Widdecombe, who went down in history as one of the worst dancers the show has ever seen.
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SINGER Louise Redknapp confessed she’s nervous about Strictly’s revealing costumes – 20 years after posing naked for her solo album debut.
Ed Balls will be strutting his stuff with a “fierce and fabulous” new Russian dancer, Daisy Lowe is set to cha-cha-cha with previous victor Aljaz Skorjanec and Laura Whitmore will step out with newly single Giovanni Pernice in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
He’s now accused producers of rigging the show in favour of certain members of the pro dancing team, following this weekend’s launch.
Balls, who claimed that his lack of hip movement ruled him out of Latin dancing, said: “Maybe I will emerge from my chrysalis or it turns out I was a slug all along”.
Daisy told the Sunday Mirror: “It was all quite sudden”.
Winkleman, who lists The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption as her favourite films, said: “I’m incredibly sad about leaving the film show and it wasn’t an easy decision”.
“I’ll make it work, ” she said.
“When you know you’re doing it you’re unsure how people are going to react but overwhelmingly I’ve had people say they wish they were doing it”.
“She is really keen to spend more time with Matilda, Jake and Arthur but the stress of juggling two jobs has made this increasingly hard”.
It was announced earlier this year that this would be Len’s final year on the show and we’re feeling a little bit misty-eyed about it.
Daisy said: “She’ll be here every week, as long as I stay in”.
However, Antastacia said she is still very conscious of the scars left by the surgery.
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However, the success of Strictly has been a double-edged sword for the BBC, leading to rows over whether the publicly funded broadcaster is stifling the competition.
