Ola Jordan’s ‘Massive Meltdown’

She added: “I found her to be a lovely girl and I’m delighted that she’s working with Daniel because she’s a fantastic choreographer who’ll bring the best out in him”.

“I really wanted to do it, I did know it was going to be hard and I will have my moments of being exhausted, but I think you just have to take it day-by-day”.

The 15 celebrities will be paired up with their professional dance partners, with whom they will dance for the rest of the series.

Strictly Come Dancing officials have yet to release an official statement regarding the claims.

Now all the couples have been paired up, they will spend the next three weeks training, ready to perform their first routines at the end of the month.

Siberian siren Kristina Rihanoff has acquired a tabloid reputation as a man-eater, after affairs with dance partners Joe Calzaghe and Ben Cohen, not to mention fellow pro-dancer Vincent Simone.

Admittedly, we’re not a regular viewer of “Strictly Come Dancing“, largely thanks to being an American writer who already takes on “Dancing with the Stars”.

BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood revealed her pleasure at being paired with last year’s victor Pasha Kovalev, branding the dancer “gorgeous”. “This will be a recipe for success”.

The BBC’s Strictly is set to overlap with ITV’s The X Factor every Saturday evening, leading to a ratings war between the broadcasters’ flagship programmes. “My mum and dad are going to be over the moon”.

His new wife, Karen Clifton, was paired up with BBC TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine.

Ex-Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote, 24, who is dating former co-star Sean Ward, said her boyfriend had been “absolutely amazing” about it.

Meanwhile, the contestants are having their first experience of the Strictly glamour – and sports commentator Iwan Thomas has insisted: “I’m the campest straight bloke you’ve ever had on Strictly”.

But she did say there were a few lads her age and her height that she was keeping her fingers crossed for.