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Ed Balls paired with Russian dance partner Katya Jones for Strictly

Strictly Come Dancing’s co-host succeeded Jonathan Ross on the revamped BBC1 film programme in 2010, alongside film critic Danny Leigh.

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Daisy Lowe is devastated after her beloved grandfather died on the first day of “Strictly Come Dancing” rehearsals. I think if Len is less than favourable it will just inspire me to work harder because I want to do well for him.

BBC director-general Tony Hall recently vowed to look into the sound problems experienced by viewers of Happy Valley after the second series of the BBC One show sparked hundreds of complaints from viewers over the “shocking” sound quality. Yvette is hugely envious she’s always wanted to be on Strictly, she’s a great dancer so she said to me you’ve got to do it – so I’m doing it for Yvette.

“I’m wearing his watch, his shirt and his necklace”.

The politician had failed to take the opportunity to lose weight and undergo intensive dance ahead of the recording since “that wouldn’t have been consistent with the spirit of the show”. “I’d quite like to dance to some of his favourite songs, too”, she continued.

Daisy also praised her fellow “Strictly” contestant Louis Redknapp for comforting her following Eddie’s sudden death.

“I’ll make it work, ” she said.

ED BALLS will be strutting his stuff with a “fierce and fabulous” new Russian dancer, Daisy Lowe cha-cha-chaing with previous victor Aljaz Skorjanec and Laura Whitmore with newly single Giovanni Pernice in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

How long Balls will stay in the running remains to be seen but, as he said himself, he “does know what it’s like to be on the wrong end of a public vote”. My grandma has never missed an episode.

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And we hope AJ is a strict teacher because that is what Claudia is looking for. You can’t not do it’. “So it’ll be nice for people to get to know me”.

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