December 18th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Strictly Come Dancing draws to an end this weekend but fear not dance fans, because there is one special date left in our calendar.
After Louis Smith, Dani Harmer, Denise Van Outen or Kimberley Walsh are crowned winner on Sunday, the show will be off our screens for a few days only and on Christmas night, next Tuesday, Strictly will return for it’s annual festive spectacular.
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November 28th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Strictly Come Dancing will be more festive than ever this Christmas day with a special lineup of six brand new celebrities taking to the dance floor. This year celebrities include football star Fabrice Muamba, actress Sheila Hancock, JLS’s Jonathan “JB” Gill, entertainer Bobby Ball, comedienne Katy Brand and TV presenter Helen Skelton.
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December 21st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris Hollins, has admitted that he is ready to quit BBC breakfast and move on to more lucrative TV roles.
BBC bosses are said to be so impressed with Chris’ popularity that they are thinking of offering him a job on The One Show, but Chris also has his sights set on Bruce Forsyth’s job..
A source told The Sun: “Winning the show has shown BBC executives just how popular Chris is.
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December 21st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris Hollins has revealed that he plans to spend Christmas spoiling his girlfriend Sarah and making up for all the time he spent rehearsing for the show.
Speaking to The Mirror Chris said: “I owe all my success to Ola but now it’s over I owe a bit of quality time to Sarah.
“It has been tough on Sarah. We were on holiday when I heard I was going to be on the show and I went home, leaving her alone.
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Proving that the British public really do love an underdog, Chris Hollins has won this years series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Chris performed in tonight’s final show against Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle.
Ricky scored highest with the judges, he and Natalie Lowe ended with 190 points whilst Hollins and Jordan achieved 186. However Hollins won the public vote and in the end walked away with the glitterball trophy.
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Arlene Phillips has revealed that she thinks tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing final will be the best we’ve ever seen.
The former judge on the BBC’s dance show said it was ‘anybody’s guess’ whether Chris Hollins or Ricky Whittle would walk away with the glitter ball trophy.
“It couldn’t be a greater final,” she told The Mirror. “You have got two really, really strong dancers – one is technically brilliant, but emotionally, does he deliver? And the other one is delivering every ounce of his little heart.
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
In a bid to win more viewers votes, professional dancers Ola Jordan and Natalie Lowe are planning to bare a lot of flesh on tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing final.
Ola, partnered with Chris Hollins is famed for her sexy catsuit and Natalie, dancing with Ricky Whittle, almost had a Janet Jackson moment earlier in the series before Ricky covered her up and saved her dignity.
Ricky told The Sun:
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December 18th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Ola Jordan has admitted that she and Chris Hollins will be trying out a variety of lifts on this week’s Strictly Come Dancing final, in a bid to win the public vote.
The pair are up against Ricky Whittle and his partner Natalie Lowe on tomorrow night’s show and Ola, 27, told The Sun:
“We’ve got a few lifts in there and we haven’t done very many before so people will be surprised.
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December 7th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
BBC insiders are predicting that Chris Hollins may just win this years series of Strictly Come Dancing, despite the fact that he’s not an accomplished dancer.
Chris is the only contestant left who has never been in the bottom two and though Ali Bastian and Ricky Whittle are technically better dancers, insiders say that Chris’s likeability may swing it for him.
An insider told The Mirror:
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October 14th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Ola Jordan is the Strictly Come Dancing professional, remembered more for her skimpy outfits, than for her dancing skills.
Last year Ola caused quite a stir in her skintight catsuit, and this Saturday sources suggest that she is to appear in yet another eye popping outfit.
However all this flesh isn’t helping her dance partner Chris Hollins. Word is that he is finding the clothing situation very, very distracting.
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