Blog posts about Artem Chigvintsev

Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Lisa Riley is glad she got Robin Windsor and not Artem Chigvintsev!

Lisa Riley has admitted that she is still elated about her Strictly Come Dancing pairing this year.

The Emmerdale actress was partnered with Robin Windsor back in September and will go on to perform with the hunk in the quarterfinals on Saturday night.

When he was ill a few weeks back the star had to train with Strictly hunk Artem Chigvintsev for a few days and while she loved the experience, it sounds like she was glad to get Robin back and said:

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Lisa Riley is loving training with Artem Chigvintsev – insists she isn’t pushing Robin Windsor!

Poor old Robin Windsor has a really bad tummy bug and has been missing his Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals this week.

Lisa Riley appeared on her own on It Takes Two last night and revealed that the hunk is pretty poorly, saying:

“He’s got a really bad tummy bug bless him, so fingers crossed he will be ok for the weekend.”

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Artem Chigvintsev complains that Fern Britton was on her way up!

Artem Chigvintsev is a little bit disappointed to have been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing.

The professional dancer was voted off the show with his celebrity partner Fern Britton on Sunday night, after what had been their highest score of the series the night before.

The pair wowed the judges with their cheeky salsa, yet in the most shocking result of the 2012 competition Fern and Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh found themselves in the danceoff.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Fern Britton is “fuming” over Artem Chigvintsev’s fat joke and Richard Arnold refuses to flash his moobs!

It’s been reported today that Strictly Come Dancing star Fern Britton is “fuming” with her pro-dance partner Artem Chigvintsev after he made a joke about her weight.

TV Biz reports that a show insider said, “Artem made jokey comments that they would have a better chance of winning if she lost some weight.

“But she didn’t find it funny. I think he thought it would spur her on…

“But she’s been fighting with her weight for years so it wasn’t very helpful.”

However, another Strictly source said that Artem has denied making the remarks, saying, “He is a rather serious soul and would never comment on a woman’s weight.” Read more & comment »

Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Artem Chigvintsev & Louis Smith planning to get more naked this week!

Male fans of Strictly Come Dancing are treated to the sight of Ola Jordan in a catsuit, or Kimberley Walsh in a cleavage enhancing gown every weekend and now it seems that there will be something for the ladies on tomorrow’s show.

It has been revealed that both Artem Chigvintsev and Louis Smith will be flashing the flesh, the abs and the torsos tomorrow night as both requested costumes which will make the most of their impressive bodies for the fifth live episode of the series.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Fern Britton & Artem Chigvintsev get mixed reviews for their first cha cha cha (VIDEO)

Fern Britton and Artem Chigvintsev made their Strictly Come Dancing debut just a few minutes ago.

The pair were teamed together during the recent launch show of the series and though it was reported that hunky Artem was disappointed with his partner and would have preferred a female that was a bit younger and ever so slightly more spritely, we thought he looked pretty happy when he took to the dancefloor with the This Morning star tonight.

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Fern Britton won’t be flashing the flesh on Strictly Come Dancing 2012

Fern Britton has admitted that she won’t be doing an Ola Jordan on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing series.

The former This Morning presenter may have shed stones in weight and be rocking a much more svelte figure these days, however she isn’t planning on stripping off and showing off her curves when she starts performing on the BBC show.

Don’t expect any cleavage revealing dresses or thigh skimming dresses on the buxom blonde star when the live shows start this weekend, as Fern revealed:

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012 Poll: Who is the sexiest male pro dancer? James Jordan, Artem Chigvintsev, Brendan Cole, Vincent Simone?

Ok so Strictly Come Dancing kicked off last weekend and yes, we know it’s a very serious dance competition, all about the ‘journey’ and the technique but come on, us girlies are allowed to tune in for other reasons too aren’t we?

We were briefly disappointed today when we read that the gorgeous Louis Smith wouldn’t be taking his top off in a bid to win our votes during the series but then we remembered, there are so many HOT men on the lineup this year that we definitely will not be short of eye candy.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Artem Chigvintsev doesn’t want to dance with Fern Britton – Anton Du Beke’s not raving about Jerry Hall either!

It seems that some of the Strictly Come Dancing professionals are not happy bunnies!

It has been reported that hunky dancer Artem Chigvintsev is furious with show bosses, after they paired him with former This Morning presenter Fern Britton. Artem won the 2010 series with his now girlfriend Kara Tointon and made it as far as the semi finals in 2011 with Neighbours star and pop singer Holly Valance.

He thought he was on a winning streak but insiders say he is now convinced that he will be leaving the competition early this year, after being paired with 55 year old Fern.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2012: Len Goodman has high hopes for Fern Britton & Artem Chigvintsev – Bruno Tonioli predicts trouble for Sid Owen & Ola Jordan

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Strictly Come Dancing kicked off on BBC One this evening and Len Goodman seems pretty psyched about this year’s lineup.

The head judge revealed that he was elated with the producers choices of contestant and told Bruce Forsyth:

“Last year I thought we had a great line up, but this is the first time, I’ll be honest, this is the first time I’ve knew every single one of the celebrities. I knew them all. Normally I’m thinking ‘who’s that?’, but no, I know them all. And, you know… what’s great? We’ve got hunky dunky blokes and gorgeous girls… It’s a buffet of delight and I can’t wait for the 5th October. Come on!”

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