First five celebrities chat fake tan and… woodworking ahead of pairingpublished at 20:02 BST
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Our first five celebrities to find out their professional partners are Lacey Turner, Dani Dyer, Melanie Walters, Dame Sarah Story and Jaime Winstone.
Chatting to the presenters before they head into the lions’ den (ballroom), we find out that one celebrity has been a bit distracted on set.
“I found a little wood workshop,” says actress Lacey Turner. “I was over the moon I’ve been in there loads.”
Conspiratorially, Josh Widdicombe asks Dame Sarah Storey which fake tan shade she opted for. The answer: “venetian glow”.
“I went ‘venetian glow’ as well,” exclaims Widdicombe.
And there’s an emotional moment when Dani Dyer – who had to drop out of last series after an injury – shares that she locked herself in her room “for days” afterwards.
“I was devastated, I was heartbroken,” she says. “So when they asked me to come back, I was like yes please.”
We’re all waiting to see if Dyer gets reunited with her partner from last year, Nikita Kuzmin.