BBC bosses have revealed that Bruce Forsyth will be well enough to return to Strictly Come Dancing tomorrow night.
The elderly TV presenter was struck down with flu last week and asked pal Ronnie Corbett to co-present the show in his place.
But is it a good idea to bring Brucie back after Strictly got its highest ratings of the year last weekend. Surely that wasn’t a coincidence?
Strictly Come Dancing competitor Ricky Whittle has revealed that he faced so much racist bullying as a child, that he often wished he was white.
Whittle faced the worst of his bullying when his dad was stationed in an RAF base in Northern Ireland. He claimed that he “must have been one of the first black people in the whole country”.
Speaking to 1Xtra, he explained: “Growing up at that time, I didn’t want to be black because I was bullied and I’d tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school.
One of the all time greats, Dame Shirley Bassey, has been revealed as the guest for this Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Dame Shirley will be performing ‘This Time’, written by Gary Barlow. Judge, Alesha Dixon, is sure to be keen to compare notes with the veteran singer as her new single was also penned by the Take That star.
Chrola are back to their normal cuddly selves, almost – Ola (Ole Jordan) was so excited to get through following such a mixed reaction from the judges, Chris (Matador Man) is normally only grumpy at their Witching Hour, 5pm. Deal with it, commands Ola! Not finding the VW easy – he doesn’t turn enough *eek* “Are you going to the final?” asks Claudia. “To watch?” asks Chris to general background laughter.
Joe Calzaghe has claimed that he was put out of Strictly Come Dancing, due to a derogatory comment he made about Craig Kelly.
Joe told The Sun: “It was something I said about Craig to producers. I won’t say what it was, but it was worse than a swear word.
“It was odd that we were in the bottom two for four weeks running, but that the public kept voting for us.
Mariah Carey has reportedly cancelled a performance on Strictly Come Dancing this weekend but has already pre-recorded her song for The X Factor.
A BBC spokesman said: “We had hoped to have Mariah Carey on the show but her schedule changed and made it impossible.”
Outgoing Strictly Come Dancing competitor Phil Tufnell has admitted that whilst he loved being on the BBC show, he will be glad to go back to his own life.
Phil told The Sun:
“It’s a bit of a shame not to be involved but it’s lovely to get back into the swing of normal life.
Strictly Come Dancing presenter Bruce Forsyth was forced to pull out of Saturday night’s show, after being struck down by a bad case of flu. Former judge of the show Arlene Phillips says he was badly missed.
She told The Sun: “Bizarrely, I thought the show missed him.
“It’s not until you haven’t got Bruce there that you realise how he really is so woven into the programme. I think it proved he’s pivotal to the series.
Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon is backing her former bandmate Sabrina Washington to win I’m A Celebrity 2009.
I’m A Celebrity launches tonight on ITV1 and Alesha told The People: “If I can survive the grief I had when I started on Strictly, then she can definitely do it. I have no doubts that she will get stuck in.”
Olympic long jumper Jade Johnson was forced to pull out of tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing show due to a new leg injury.
The injury occurred during Jade’s final rehearsal of her Tango routine, she was later advised by doctors not to dance on the BBC show.
Johnson told Claudia Winkleman:
Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon, has admitted that she would like to collaborate with X Factor’s Cheryl Cole.
The pair became close on last year’s Children In Need Mount Kilimanjaro climb and Alesha says it doesn’t matter that they appear on rival TV shows.
Strictly Come Dancing stars will perform a tribute to Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze on tonight’s show.
Dancers Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff will perform a routine for the film’s tune She’s Like The Wind.
A Strictly insider told The Sun: “Kristina is a big fan of Patrick and asked the show if she could do a tribute.”
Bruce Forsyth will not appear on tomorrow night’s episode of Strictly Come Dancing because he has come down with flu.
The BBC reports that fellow host Tess Daly will take over Bruce’s role of presenting the contestant to the judges, but it is not clear if someone else will take on Tess’s backstage duties.
The Apprentice’ star Kate Walsh might have got further in the boardroom, but her boyfriend (and fellow ‘Apprentice’ star) Phil Taylor insists he’s going to be the boss of the ballroom!
‘Strictly’ pro-dancer Karen Hardy is giving dance fans Phil, 29, and Kate, 27, a treat with some expert dance classes. The pair are tango’ing every day this week on Kate’s show, ‘Live From Studio Five’, but after witnessing his first attempt, Little Miss Showbiz wasn’t impressed!
Ali Bastian, Natalie Cassidy and Zoe Lucker have all signed up for the upcoming Strictly Come Dancing tour. Joining them on the dancefloor will be previous contestants Kelly Brook, Austin Healey and Mark Ramprakash.
Arlene Philips, will also make a return to the judging panel and will once more sit beside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Craig Revel Horwood
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