Nicola Roberts says being in Girls Aloud has made her slow to learn her Strictly dance.
The singer appears on the Christmas Day BBC special and says she wanted to take on a challenge that felt like “adult soft play”.
She was part of the band formed on ITV ’s Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, alongside Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and the late Sarah Harding. Kimberley was on Strictly in 2012.
