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Strictly's Ellie Simmonds admits she has 'big crush' on co-star for key reason

Ellie Simmonds has just admitted she has a “big crush” on her professional Strictly Come Dancing partner, Nikita Kuzmin.

The Paralympic swimming champ, 27, has traded the pool for the ballroom on this year’s series of BBC’s Strictly, but it seems she’s grown rather fond of hunky Nikita.

Ellie gushed over the Ukrainian dancer during a training video which was shown on Saturday night’s live show (October 15) when the pair danced the Salsa to Shanice’s I Love Your Smile.

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And she made it clear that there was one feature of Nikita’s in particular that caught her eye – and it suggests he has superb dental hygiene.

Ellie admitted she has a “big crush” on Nikita
(Image: BBC)

The swimmer said: “I’ve got a big crush on him. His teeth are really, really nice, which they are.”

The tape then went to Nikita, who said: “If everything is fine, then we can dance the Salsa.”

Another clip showed the pair joke around with eachother as they got into their characters for the routine, which saw Ellie become Nikita’s dentist.

The pair got cosy together in training
(Image: BBC)

One moment showed Nikita lean in to peck Ellie on the cheek as he sat back on a chair, and it’s safe to say the swimming champ looked thrilled.

Another moment saw Nikita dub a smiling Ellie his “favourite patient”, and a third saw the duo practicing their moves.

Ellie and Nikita scored an impressive 30 points for their Salsa, a result Ellie said she was “very happy” with.

Ellie and Nikita scored 30 points for their Salsa on Saturday (October 15)
(Image: BBC)

Nikita heaped praise on Ellie as he told her: “I have to say, Ellie, you haven’t achieved five gold medals without some stumbles along the way. You always pick yourself up, you always push hard, and this is the result.”

Ellie had said she’d had a “bit of a stumble” mentally the past week so they’d been working on things before Saturday.

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