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Come Dancing hoofer Anton du Beke invariably gets paired with the oldest, most inexperienced contestant. So when glamorous pop singer Mollie King was announced as the first of this year’s celebrities yesterday, Du Beke predicted she would not be his partner. ‘Welcome to the show, Mollie King!’ he announced online. ‘But I wave you goodbye . . . don’t suppose your mum can dance, can she?’