Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon will have a relaxing New Year, as she will spend it with her feet up and encased in plaster cast.
It seems that the dancer and singer has been hiding a foot problem for months now and has finally agreed to have corrective surgery after Christmas.
A pal told The Sun: “She’s done loads of glamorous photo shoots over the past few months so obviously she couldn’t have done them with a massive plaster on her foot.
Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle has admitted that he would love to see this year’s Strictly Come Dancing voting results.
The star, who came second on last weekend’s final of the show, called for BBC show to release the figures in a similar fashion to The X Factor.
“They never tell us and I don’t think they ever will, which is a bit of a shame,” The Guardian quotes him as saying.
Strictly Come Dancing returns to add a bit more sparkle this Christmas in a special festive edition of the show.
Strictly favourites from series past – Austin Healey, Gethin Jones and Rachel Stevens – are back performing versions of their iconic dances, and they battle it out against three of the celebrity dancers from the current series for the title of Strictly Christmas Champions.
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.
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.
Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle is reportedly devastated, after finding out that BBC bosses did not want him on the Strictly Come Dancing tour.
Ricky made it to the show’s final last weekend, losing out at the final hurdle to TV presenter Chris Hollins.
Inferior dancers like Natalie Cassidy, Ricky Groves and Chris Hollins have already been signed for the tour but poor old Ricky has been left out in the cold.
Strictly Come Dancing runner up, Ricky Whittle, has revealed that he has been suffering from a secret hernia since he started on the dance show, but didn’t tell BBC bosses in case they made him withdraw.
Ricky told The News Of The World:
“I had to keep it a secret. If they had known the BBC could have pulled me out on medical grounds. And I didn’t want the viewers to find out because I’d hate to think I was getting sympathy votes.”
Strictly Come Dancing judges Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli have admitted that some mistakes were made on the show this year and that BBC would need to ‘tweak’ the format for the 2010 series.
“Bruno and I both agree that having 16 couples was too much,” Goodman said. “At the beginning, people had to sit through two and a half hours. Most shows and series that run for several years have ups and downs. I think the BBC is right in trying to tweak it. It’s like a plant – it needs to be pruned occasionally.”
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.
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.
