X Factor bosses are reportedly furious after their BBC rival, Strictly Come Dancing managed to secure top star Beyonce Knowles to perform on their show weeks before she is due on The X Factor.
X Factor chiefs have signed the star to appear on their finale in December, however she will be appearing next month on Strictly, as will Take That who X Factor bosses are also rumoured to have signed.
‘As far as we are concerned we are the number one show on Saturday. If X Factor wants Beyonce, they’ll have to wait,’ said a BBC source.
‘She has signed and we’ve also got Take That confirmed for the coming weeks.’
Strictly Come Dancing stars, Len Goodman, Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly have been made into comic characters in The Beano.
The story will follow regular character Minnie The Minx and see her irritate the stars with her repeated attempts to get on the show.
Scriptwriter Iain McLaughlin told the Press Association: "I’m a huge fan of Strictly and Minnie seemed the perfect choice to put into the world of sequins and glitz - she’s the ultimate drama queen.
Strictly Come Dancing star, Austin Healy has revealed that he lost £15,000 betting on online poker games.
The former England rugby player told the Daily Mail: “I have an addictive nature and I got hooked on winning. Since giving up rugby, I’ve been addicted to online poker where I’d sacrifice time with the kids to beat this guy at a poker table.
“When eventually I closed all my sites down, I was down about £15,000.”
Healey admitted that since giving up poker he takes part in high-risk spread betting with business experts.
Strictly Come Dancing pro Brendan Cole is reported to have said that his £30,000 Strictly Come Dancing pay is “too low.”
The judges on the show get £90,000 each for the three-month series and host Bruce Forsyth gets £450,000. All the pro dancers get the same deal as Brendan.
The 32-year-old said, “My money from Strictly just about pays the bills. I don’t have a car. I would like to get one, but until then I’m on the Tube.”
Strictly Come Dancing host, Bruce Forsyth is considering taking legal action against newspapers that reported he was leaving the show due to his advanced age.
Forsyth’s manager, Ian Wilson, insisted: “This story is not true and the matter is being put in the hands of our solicitors.”
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Len Goodman, head judge on Strictly Come Dancing and the US version, Dancing with Stars has revealed that he may quit the British show as jet lag takes it toll.
Len and pal Bruno Tonioli currently fly back and forward between the two countries filming for both shows, and Len has revealed that he didn’t intend to do this years series in the UK but was talked into it by BBC bosses.
“The jet lag takes it toll,” he told News of the World. “I wasn’t going to do it this year - the flying backwards and forwards - but I got talked into it again. But this will probably be the last time. I’ll have to make the decision, if they ask me, whether to do the British show or American show.
Actor Don Warrington was voted off BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing tonight – the fifth celebrity to leave the competition.
After performing the American Smooth, the combination of the viewer votes and judges’ scores left Don and his partner Lilia Kopylova in the bottom two with Heather Small and Brian Fortuna.
Both couples had to perform a second time for the judges’ deciding vote.
Tom Chambers is due to get married this Sunday, but has admitted that he is more nervous about performing on Strictly the night before than the big ceremony.
Tom told The Sun: “I am more nervous about dancing on Saturday night than the wedding itself.
“I’ve been waiting for this day for 11 years so am not nervous in the slightest. It will be the best day of my life.
“Hopefully, I will do enough on Saturday night to get through to the next round as getting voted out could have an impact on the wedding day.”
Last years Strictly Come Dancign winner, Alesha Dixon, will return to the show this Sunday night and show us what winners are made of!
The former Mis-Teeq singer won’t be dancing though, instead she will perform her new single, The Boy Does Nothing. The programme’s professional dancers will accompany her with a Paso Doble routine.
Welsh opera singer Katherine Jenkins is also singing on the results show with ballerina Darcey Bussell dancing in accompaniment.
Former Eastenders actress, Jessie Wallace has become the second female to leave this years series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Wallace and partner Darren Bennett ended up in the bottom two with singer Heather Small and her partner, Brian Fortuna. Three judges chose Heather to stay so it was bye bye Jessie!
Arlene Phillips told her: “Sometimes you looked like you were on the football field.”
Wallace said: “It wish it could have been longer, but that’s the game.”
“I’ve had a wicked time, Darren’s brilliant,” she added.
Strictly Come Dancing head judge, Len Goodman has compared filming the live BBC One show to having his prostate examined.
Len confessed: “There’s no real way of getting the fact out of your head that you’re going out there, it’s live and there’s ten million people watching.
“You can’t relax — it’s a bit like having your prostate examined!”
Len was speaking to contestant Lisa Snowdon on Capital Radio Breakfast show.
Former Supermodel, Jodie Kidd has revealed that she finds it easy to get sexy and heated with her dance partner Ian Waite as he is so easy on the eye.
Kidd, who will be dancing the rhumba tonight, told The Sun: “The dance is very sensual and I have to act like I’m in love with Ian — which I have to say isn’t hard. He’s so lovely.”
She added: “The rhumba’s very sexy and that’s one thing I’m just not.
“People say, ‘Oh, she’s a model, she must know how to be sexy’, but I was modelling during the time of Kate Moss and the androgynous, waif look.
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