Nikki is a mother of three who still has a bad knee from a Zumba class in 2016

EVERY year, there’s one. Sneaking onto Strictly, the joy of the autumn, ruining my Saturday nights with my Echo Falls and my post-divorce unshared share bag of Maltesers.

They try to hide it when they can. The actor who, it turns out, did six years on Broadway. The athlete who started out a ballet dancer. The EastEnders star with a hit single in Japan. Phonies.

Last year they insulted us with Shayne Ward, that lad from JLS and the actress who’d been in Cats and Grease. The year before it was a West End star. They’re taking the f**king piss.

Yes, it’s not as blatant as Rachel Stevens in 2008, but come on. It’s meant to be about normal celebrities, like newsreaders who’ve forgotten they have legs or ex

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