THE COSTUMES

The outfits – and lashings of fake tan – are the things fans love and some of the celebrities struggle with, at first.

Head costume designer Vicky Gill says: “Everybody comes and is a little bit scared of costume. They’re always concerned about how skimpy the outfit may be or how bright, or if it’s too sparkly.

“Susanna Reid, obviously, because of her day job, really wanted to enter into the fun of it, but was just like, ‘I need to be careful, make sure they’re not too short, not too revealing’.

“By the end I wouldn’t say she was in skimpy costumes because she wasn’t, but... her Latin skirts definitely got a bit shorter.” It is not just the women who worry. Talent executive Vinnie Shergill says: “Ben Cohen said right from the start, ‘Look, I just want to wear black. That’s it. I’m not going to be wearing any sequins. I’m not going to be wearing anything tight’. “Then I remember him saying to me, ‘Vinnie, when can I go topless?’. I’ve often seen it. A man checking another man out and thinking, ‘Well, he’s rocking that bright pink trouser. Costume, Vinnie, can I get that bright pink trouser next week please?’.” There’s a bit of, erm, safeguarding going on behind the scenes with the shirt and trouser combo. Vicky says: “The shirts are often stitched on to pants, on to boxers. It’s an all in one garment so then when they’re dancing their shirt is not going to unravel.” HUNK Ben with Kristina Rihanoff