I just can’t wait to be a disco diva
ABSOLUTELY. I can’t wait – the sparkle, the glitter, the flares. The 70s is one of my favourite decades and I love all that Studio 54 era.
And as for the fashions, well, I’ve already bought a pair of sequinned trousers and I’m so inspired by them. I’m having so much fun ... and I haven’t even started yet.
I love songs like Saturday Night Fever, Midnight Train To Georgia, Soul Train. I’M really excited to work with Olympic gymnast Louis (Smith) and Melody (Thornton). Lee (Ryan) I know from back in the day when I was in S Club 7 and he was in Blue.
It’s going to be really fun working with him and I’m sure I’m going to learn a lot from them all. I’m going to throw myself into it. I THINK it must have been from my first concert, when I must have been about nine or 10 years old, and my mother took me to see Kylie. I couldn’t take my eyes off the stage and I thought
‘that’s what STRICTLY was more than 10 years ago now – I can’t believe it – and I have wanted to do some kind of dance show for a long time. This came around at exactly the right moment.
It’s going to be challenging, but I relish a challenge ... and I need the fitness boost after coming back from my summer holidays. I’m not a trained dancer, I never went to drama school or anything like that, and Strictly was the most amazing experience.. You are learning different routines every week. It was very different from the dancing I did with S Club 7. People assumed with a pop background it was going to come easy, but that really wasn’t the case. It was all totally new to me. BOTH my daughters are into music. They are always putting on shows for us and like to sing and dance. (Chuckles) Amelie, my oldest, for sure is going to be a singer. She’s really passionate about her singing and when she’s on stage she’s so alive. It’s incredible to see.
When I did panto last year, we had a whiteboard with everything on like when mummy is going to be working and where she will be. I’ll do the same this time and I’ll go home every night after the show when I can.
They are my priority and I have a great support network. My parents and my I’VE always worked out and I’ve always tried to stay fit. I’ve started doing a form of pilates called
Raw Pilates which I absolutely love.
I also like walking and I like swimming. I find relaxing exercises work best for me and for my body rather than high impact circuit training.
And dance is the best thing. I would say that to everyone. I was training so many hours for Strictly and it does makes you feel good.
It’s the best exercise and you’re enjoying yourself at the same time as getting fit. Now I’m going to be dancing every night with the show. I THINK we are lucky that we are so much more educated now when it comes to food. We know what’s really good for us.