STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has added fuel to an ongoing ‘fix row’ after confirming that Kym Marsh has dance experience.
Craig, 57, said he is tipping the former Coronation Street star to do well in this year’s Strictly because she already knows her way around a dance floor.
Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood has added to an ongoing ‘fix row’
The judge has confirmed Kym Marsh has ‘danced before’
In an interview with Best magazine, Craig gave his opinions on this year’s celebrity contestants.
“Kym Marsh has danced before and I think she’ll fit in well,” he said.
Kym, 46, found fame in 2001 when she won a place in pop band Hear’Say on TV show Popstars.
She wowed the judges with her singing voice and has since revealed she had dance lessons as a child, too.
Speaking to Great British Life, Kym admitted last month: “I loved performing from a really young age. I was at dance school from the age of four but my parents didn’t realise I could sing until I was 10 years old.”
She also confessed that Popstar producers had specifically asked that auditionees had to be able to “sing and dance”.
Kym added: “My mum put me forward for Popstars.
“She had been watching the local news programme where they were asking for people to apply.
“All we knew was they were looking for people from the ages of 18-24 who could sing and dance.”
However, earlier this week Kym hit back at criticism about her dance experience.
She told new! magazine: “We’re talking 20 years ago faffing about on stage in Hear’Say.
“It’s a whole different thing, and even if that did count as experience in dance, this is ballroom.
Kym added: “I’ve got all the posture and grace of a Quaver.”
Meanwhile, this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing launch show has been postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The new series of the BBC competition was originally due to begin on Saturday evening – but will now air almost a week later than planned.
Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest at 11am on Monday, September 19, with Strictly having been scheduled to kick off two days beforehand – on Saturday 17.
The Strictly launch has now been moved to the following Friday night (September 23) at 7pm, with the second episode – the first live show of the season – airing a day later on Saturday.
Kym found fame as one fifth of Hear’Say
The actress described her Hear’Say dancing as ‘faffing around’
