Strictly Come Dancing fans should prepare themselves, as ex-professional pro dancer Erin Boag has spilled some juicy goss about this year’s line-up.
Speaking to online casino Spin Genie before the glitz kicks off in week one, Erin – Anton Du Beke’s dance partner in the real world – has her gaze set firmly on Miranda’s actress Sarah Hadland for 2024.
She dished out: “When I heard the line-up Shayne Ward came to the top of my mind, thinking, ‘Okay, he’s going to be one to watch’. He is there, he’s very much, ‘I’m in this to win this’, and I’m all for that. Some people don’t like it, especially the English. I think that he’s going to be great. Yeah, he’s going to be really good.”
But then Erin dropped a bit of a bombshell about Sarah: “Now, there was one other that I spotted, Sarah, oh. Sarah Hadland. I didn’t know her at all, then I saw her in the end number, and she jumped into Vito’s arms with the best pointed foot.”
She pointed out: “Now there’s no mention of her dancing, but she’s done some form of dance because she had this gorgeous leg line, and there’s this foot that just went straight, and I went, ‘hello, there’s something we don’t know about you,'” reports the Express.
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Erin reckoned Sarah’s hiding a few fancy footwork secrets: “She looks like she’s had some dance training, not ballroom dancing, yes, but some of them would have had theatre training, or something, in their childhood, they would have done something. I think she’s definitely one to watch.”
Sarah has yet to confess to having professional dance training, unlike some of her fellow competitors. JLS star JB Gill is no stranger to the dance floor, having not only danced on tour and in music videos but also clinched the Strictly Christmas special title back in 2012. More recently, EastEnders legend Jamie Borthwick twirled his way to the festive trophy last year, partnering with Nancy Xu.
Toyah Willcox also boasts dance experience, as does Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri, who honed her skills at Slough’s Creative Academy, specialising in commercial dance.
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Erin couldn’t help but express her excitement about getting to know Olympian Tom Dean, exclaiming: “I’m looking forward to getting to know them all, even the swimmer, Tom Dean, I mean, how tall is he? I mean, Nadiya is tall, but Jesus, Nadiya was in her high shoes, he was in flat shoes and she had to look up.
“He’s a fantastic swimmer. I mean, three gold medals. Incredible. Incredible, young, gorgeous.
“So he is also one to watch more so in the ballroom, because he will be able to be strong in hold, and look tall and slim and have a long leg stride, especially with Nadiya, so she will make him look good. And he was sort of cute, wasn’t he! It’s so early, so if you would ask me my favourite, I probably couldn’t tell you right now, but I sort of have my eye on Shayne Ward, right now.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
