Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kanda has revealed that her dance to Single Ladies is an emotional tribute to her single mum as she battles to stay in the BBC competition

The Waterloo Road actor, 35, is one of the many talented stars taking part in this year's BBC1 dance competition and was paired up with Russian dancer Luba Mushtuk

The interactive sweepstake will let you and your friends play along with the BBC series to see who has picked the winner

The stylist reveals how he and Tess choose her outfits each week.

EastEnders actress, 22, issued a tribute

"All I want to do is learn the tango!!"

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The Strictly Come Dancing judge lives in Germany with her husband and daughter

But it wasn't her fellow pro dancer boyfriend Kai Widdrington who she was talking about

Manara, appearing on the spin-off show, explained it was her ear ring being ripped out which caused the blood

Of course the clip of her shouting 'you can' on the bench is here

It comes as fans think that Gorka Marquez and Nikita Kanda could become the first to be booted from the competition this weekend

OLYMPIC hero and Strictly Come Dancing star Greg Rutherford is set to sign up for Dancing On Ice. The Sun can exclusively reveal that gold medal-winning long jumper Greg, 36, is hoping to rule the …

Fan favourite Gorka Marquez has been paired with radio presenter Nikita Kanda on this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Strictly Come Dancing fans believe that they know which celebrities are at risk of eliminated from the BBC show after spotting 'death sentence' dance for two of the contestants

She is missing this year's series of the show

The pair will take to the floor for the second live show on Saturday, before the first couple is eliminated from the competition.

Viewers of the dance contest have been gushing over the new pairing online following their first performance on the show