Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas shares favourite ever contestants

The head judge says it's not always the ones who can dance that bring the 'entertainment factor'
The head judge says it's not always the ones who can dance that bring the 'entertainment factor'
Cumbria's Helen Skelton is the new favourite to take home the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball trophy, according to a leading betting firm.
Strictly Come Dancing’s King of the Argentine tango, Vincent Simone, is taking to the stage on a solo tour.
The popular BBC show is returning to screens this Friday
After serving as a Strictly pro for almost 20 years, Anton has finally taken a seat on the judging panel.
Vito is one of four new world class dancers joining the 2022 troupe.
Carlos is one of four new professionals joining Strictly Come Dancing 2022.
The former Blue Peter presenter will be shimmying onto the dance floor soon.
Strictly Come Dancing judges Anton, Shirley, Motsi and Craig on their dream dance partners and heading back to Blackpool for series 20 - BBC
AJ and Curtis Pritchard are currently taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins but won't be off TV screens for long
The head judge spoke out ahead of the launch episode on Friday (tomorrow).
The head judge spoke out ahead of the launch episode on Friday (tomorrow).
"It was a little bit jokey in the very first series."
The Coronation Street actor appeared to have suffered a knee injury ahead of the big Strictly launch show on Friday and had to use a bag of frozen peas to ease the pain
Strictly returns to our screens this week and, ahead of the launch, the show's judges have been discussing dream dance partners.
With Strictly’s new season set to start tomorrow, Will Mellor appears to have picked up a knee injury.
The 20th series of the BBC show launches on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on September 23.
THEY are the fab four who have the power to turn household names into dancefloor superstars. Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke have their scoring paddles poised, r…