Fleur East said she is “excited to head to the Mecca of dance” with her dance partner Vito Coppola for Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing show. The 35-year-old radio presenter and singer topped the leaderboard during last week’s competition round, scoring 39 out of a possible 40 with an energetic samba to Hot Hot Hot by Arrow.
She will compete with Coppola at Blackpool’s prestigious Tower Ballroom which the BBC show is returning to after a two-year absence because of the pandemic. Speaking to the PA news agency, East said: “This will be I think incredible for both of us because neither of us have experienced Strictly before.
“Each week you get through, you want to experience the next phase because you work so hard and like Vito keeps saying to me, ‘I’ve had my initiation into becoming a dancer’ — I’ve had my bruises, aches and pains, my big toenail's gone, it’s officially finished.
