Olympic gold medalist Linford Christie has reportedly signed up for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.

“Sportsmen have always excelled at Strictly with Mark Ramprakash and Darren Gough both winning the show,” a source told The Mirror.

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Louis Walsh has claimed that Strictly Come Dancing bosses have made a “massive mistake” in sacking judge Arlene Phillips.

“They’ve made a massive mistake sacking Arlene. She knows more about dancing than anyone else,” he told The Mirror.

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Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips is apparently planning to reunite her former dance troupe Hot Gossip for a new stage show about the life of Kenny Everett.

Hot Gossip shot to fame in the 70s following appearances on The Kenny Everett Video Show and Top of the Pops. Their biggest selling hit was ‘I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper’ which featured vocals from opera diva Sarah Brightman.

Apparently, Simon Cowell’s pet popstar Sinitta also stood in as a “ghost vocalist” on a few of their pop songs. Read more & comment »

Heather Small (Strictly Come Dancing partner is Brian Fortuna)

As a member of pop group M People, Heather sold several million records, won two Brit Awards, a Mercury Music Prize award and performed across the globe winning an army of fans.

With hits such as Moving On Up, One Night In Heaven and Search For The Hero, Heather became one of the seminal British voices of the Nineties.

As a solo artist, Heather performed Proud when Britain won the Olympic bid.

Heather says: “I occasionally suffer from stage fright and, if left to my own devices, I would probably say no to anything scary. Read more & comment »