BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro warns 'there's something we don't know' about celeb

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans could be in for a shock, as one former professional dancer confessed there’s “something we don’t know” about one of this year’s celebs.

Erin Boag, Anton Du Beke’s professional dance partner and star of the first 10 series of Strictly, shared her thoughts with online casino Spin Genie ahead of week one of this year’s live shows. And it’s Miranda star Sarah Hadland who Erin’s keeping a close eye on in 2024.

She revealed: “When I heard the line-up Shayne Ward came to the top of my mind, thinking, 'Okay, he's going to be one to watch'. He is there, he's very much, 'I'm in this to win this', and I'm all for that. Some people don't like it, especially the English. I think that he's going to be great. Yeah, he's going to be really good.

“Now, there was one other that I spotted, Sarah, oh. Sarah Hadland. I didn't know her at all, then I saw her in the end number, and she jumped into Vito's arms with the best pointed foot.

"Now there's no mention of her dancing, but she's done some form of dance because she had this gorgeous leg line, and there's this foot that just went straight, and I went, 'hello, there's something we don't know about you’.

Erin Boag has shared her thoughts on 2024's Strictly (Image: Getty)

“She looks like she's had some dance training, not ballroom dancing, yes, but some of them would have had theatre training, or something, in their childhood, they would have done something. I think she's definitely one to watch.”

Sarah hasn’t admitted to having professional dance training – but others in the line-up have. JB Gill, JLS star, is not only used to dancing on tour and in music videos, but he won the Strictly Christmas special back in 2012.

And more recently, EastEnders icon Jamie Borthwick danced his way to the festive trophy just last year, dancing with Nancy Xu.

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Erin warned 'there's something we don't know' about Sarah Hadland (Image: Getty)

Toyah Willcox also has experience in dance, along with Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri, who trained as a dancer at Slough’s Creative Academy, specialising in commercial dance.

Erin went on to gush over Olympian Tom Dean, admitting: “I'm looking forward to getting to know them all, even the swimmer, Tom Dean, I mean, how tall is he? I mean, Nadiya is tall, but Jesus, Nadiya was in her high shoes, he was in flat shoes and she had to look up.

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“He's a fantastic swimmer. I mean, three gold medals. Incredible. Incredible, young, gorgeous.

“So he is also one to watch more so in the ballroom, because he will be able to be strong in hold, and look tall and slim and have a long leg stride, especially with Nadiya, so she will make him look good. And he was sort of cute, wasn't he! It's so early, so if you would ask me my favourite, I probably couldn't tell you right now, but I sort of have my eye on Shayne Ward, right now.”