Craig Revel Horwood has threatened to slap Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli, if they keep talking over him during tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing.

“I would like to slap them both,” the acid tongued judge told The Mirror. “That’s my intention come this weekend. If they start rabbiting on I’m going to put a stop to that.

“They both try and out-talk me despite the fact I am only given ten seconds to speak. I think it’s rude to talk over other people and I can’t understand why they do.

“Are their comments better than mine? They are like little children.”

Horwood also admitted that he was quite worried when he found out he would be sitting beside Len Goodman this year.

“I was quite concerned when the producers said to me that I was going to be sitting next to Len,” he said. “I thought, ‘Oh no, now he can actually hit me’. I think it will be okay. I am trying not to argue with him this year.

“I don’t think we will ever see eye to eye but he has every right to say what he says. And I have every right too.”

Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli has admitted that he loved Alesha Dixon when she danced on the show.

“I loved Alesha when she competed,” he told The People. “She’s so bubbly and she’ll bring energy that hopefully I can use too.

“She just needs to be herself. You can’t try to be somebody else on Strictly. The public may or may not agree with you, but they have their say by picking up the phone.”

Tonioli added that he is looking forward to some bitch fights between Footballers’ Wives stars Zoe Lucker and Laila Rouass.

“I’m looking forward to the battle of the bitches,” he said. “I really hope they will be as feisty and bitchy as they were on Footballers’ Wives.”

Strictly Come Dancing judge, Bruno Tonioli has revealed that he is furious that John Sergeant hasn’t been voted off the show yet.

Bruno told The Sun: “I’m spitting feathers, I’m appalled and disgusted. I don’t understand it. It’s a dancing competition.”

An insider told the newspaper that Bruno and fellow judges Arlene and Craig has made a pact to evict John if he ended up in the bottom two, they said: “They are incredulous John’s still in the show.

“They pride themselves on the standard of the competition going up, not down.

“The judges think it’s come a long way since series one and they don’t want him dragging the level back down.

“They gave him his lowest score to date, and he still didn’t go out. They’re at a complete loss.”

Strictly Come Dancing judge, Bruno Tonioli, has revealed that intends to lose sopme weight so that he doesn’t look piggy when filmed for high definition television.

Speaking at the launch of US show, Dancing With Stars Tonioli said: “Darling, HD has made me ‘sugar free’ — it’s a nightmare. I am in America for God’s sake, the home of cookies and candy, and I can’t eat a damn thing and it’s all because of b***** Hi Def!

“I really have to watch my figure. I won’t drink or eat any sugar for the next few months as it will make you appear puffy in High Definition and that is a seriously big No No in the States!”

Strictly Come Dancing judge, Len Goodman has compared himself and fellow judge, Bruno Tonioli as a bit like the ‘odd couple.’

Len and Bruno both split their time between the UK, where they judge Strictly and America, where they judge on the US equivalent ‘Dancing With Stars.’

“When I live in LA, I’m in the same block as Bruno,” Len told MSN. “And although we have separate apartments, we are a bit like the odd couple. He’s a marvellous cook but he can’t iron. So I do his shirts and he’ll do the cooking.”

Len is quick to point out however that this new found fame has not changed him one iota.

“I think it’s because of my age. I have no feeling of being a celebrity at all. I’m just Len Goodman: a dance teacher from Dartford who got lucky. The paparazzi recently took a picture of me taking my wheelie bin out because I missed the bin men. That’s the most scandalous picture you’ll see of me.”

Strictly Come Dancing judge, Bruno Tonioli has said that he can’t wait for the catfights to begin when the new series kicks off this Saturday.

‘I love the bitchiness!’ said Bruno to Closer magazine.

‘This year’s women are all very strong, feisty characters, which I love, and I’m looking forward to the competition between them all and the drama it creates.

‘I don’t want them to be clawing each other’s eyes out and tearing out hair, but a bit of competition and bitchiness never hurt anyone.’

Dance expert, Bruno Tonioli, is rumoured to have signed up as a judge for the Australian version of Strictly Come Dancing.

The Courier Mail newspaper reports that Tonioli has agreed to appear on two episodes of the show titled ‘Dancing With Stars’.

It seems like the fiery choreographer can do no wrong at the minute. His career is growing from strength to strength as he appears as a permanent judge on the US TV show, Dancing With Stars, British version, Strictly Come Dancing and now he will be hitting Australia.

The wonderfully camp, Bruno Tonioli has revealed that he would love to swap job with Simon Cowell.

He has suggested that he judge on X Factor as a one off while Cowell moves to Strictly Come Dancing and in the process they could try to raise money for charity:

Bruno told The Sun: “We like a bit of a giggle – there is no competition between us. Simon has a lot of ideas for new TV shows and we were discussing swapping jobs – I’ll do X Factor and he’ll do Strictly.

“It would be for charity, perhaps Children In Need. It would be funny. Simon, I’ll give you a rest – put your feet up!”

I wonder if they would go the whole hog and let Simon take over Bruno’s role on US TV show, Dancing With Stars, while Bruno sat with Randy and Paula on American Idol?

Reports suggest that DanceX judges, Arlene Philbrunlips and Bruno Tonioli are barely on speaking terms this week after intense rivallry throughout the BBC series.

“It really is like a war zone,” finalist Daniel Uppal told the Daily Star. “No-one wants to give away what we’re up to in case the others nick the idea.”

DanceX airs at 8.30pm on Saturday on BBC One.

BBC reality TV show, DanceX will be remade by BBC Worldwide America.

The BBC arm is making the US version specifically for ABC, one of the largest TV networks in the States.

Bruno Tonioli, who stars in the UK version and also appeared on American, Dancing With stars, will take part in the American show. He will be joined by fellow Dancing With The Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba.

At least six episodes of DanceX have been commissioned to be shown next January.