Strictly Come Dancing star Fleur East opened up on why her Movie week song choice means a lot to her.
The singer will be dancing an American Smooth to Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid with her partner Vito Coppola on Saturday.
Fleur, who rose to fame on The X Factor, will be Princess Ariel while professional dancer Vito will be Prince Eric.
Speaking on the Hits Radio Breakfast show, the 34-year-old said: "At the start of my Strictly journey I gave a whole list of songs to the team and just slipped in this one and mentioned that The Little Mermaid was my favourite movie.
"I’m guessing they looked at that and here we are! I’m so excited. This is genuinely my favourite Disney movie of all time and I know this song inside out and back to front.
"I’ve sung it since the age of seven word for word."
She then added to hosts James and Matt that it's made 'even more exciting' as the live-action The Little Mermaid is coming out next year.
Fleur mentioned how the trailer divided fans due to the fact Ariel is played by Halle Bailey - who is a black woman.
The singer added that representation is 'so important'.
"And weirdly I’m going to play Ariel before Halle gets to play her," Fleur added.
"It’s going to be really, really special. Although I don’t know how I’m going to dance in my fins! I’ll leave that up to the costume team - they are amazing and I’m sure they’ll work it out…."
Last Saturday, Fleur was overcome with emotion after dancing the Viennese Waltz with partner Vito.
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Fleur told host Claudia Winkleman it was a combination of tough rehearsals and early mornings on her Hits Radio show.
"But just before we danced, I went to see my family who were sitting in the audience and my Uncle Sean lifted his arm to show me his wrist - and he was wearing my Dad’s bracelet," she explained.
"He didn’t even say anything to me, just showed it to me and that set me off. It was just seconds before I performed and with everything else and just being nervous, I started crying, blubbering!"
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