something which he apologised for<\/a>. <\/p>\nThe Apprentice star Skinner said he was “over the moon” to be partnered with Dowden and added: “I hope you can teach me a few moves because I’m useless at the minute.”<\/p>\n
Vicky Pattison said she was “thrilled” to be paired with Kai Widdrington.<\/p>\n
Doctor Who actress Alex Kingston was revealed to be the partner of Johannes Radebe, who she described as her “number one”.<\/p>\n
EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal said being on Strictly was a “dream come true” before it was revealed she had been partnered with Australian dancer Julian Caillon.<\/p>\n
Former England rugby union captain Chris Robshaw said he watched clips of Nadiya Bychkova after he learned they would be dance partners.<\/p>\n
Model Ellie Goldstein, who is the first person with Down’s syndrome to compete on the main series of Strictly, was revealed to be partnered with Vito Coppola – with the pair showing off a “secret handshake” during the launch show. <\/p>\n
Internet star George Clarke was paired with US dancer Alexis Warr who said she wanted Clarke to “embody this show” and “enjoy it”.<\/p>\n
Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was revealed to be partnered with Karen Hauer, who said their first dance would be a cha cha cha to Salt-N-Pepa’s Push It.<\/p>\n
Love Island winner Dani Dyer-Bowen said she was “honestly so happy” after it was revealed she would be dancing with Nikita Kuzmin.<\/p>\n
Former footballer Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink looked pleased when he met his dance partner Lauren Oakley for the first time.<\/p>\n
Former Lioness Karen Carney was revealed to be partnered with Carlos Gu on the show.<\/p>\n
Singer and drag performer La Voix joked “that’s the one I said I didn’t want” when they met their dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec for the first time.<\/p>\n
Former Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope said he was “over the moon” to be paired with professional dance Katya Jones.<\/p>\n
ITV entertainment reporter Ross King told his dance partner Jowita Przystal “you drew the short straw” when it was revealed they would be dancing together on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis was partnered with Dianne Buswell, who referred to their partnership as the “Aussie dream team”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing has returned for its 21st season, with the new parings of celebrities and dancers revealed.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-150608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}