Alesha Dixon did not go to the National Television Awards on Wednesday because she feared Strictly would win a gong and she would have to stay seated, friends claimed yesterday.
A source close to the singer, who dumped the show to become a Britain's Got Talent judge, said: "Strictly had a great year and was tipped to win so it would have been really awkward for her.
Arlene Phillips is a step nearer returning as a Strictly Come Dancing judge after secret talks with BBC bosses. TV Biz can reveal that last week the 68-year-old dance queen met Mark Linsey, the Beeb's Controller Of Entertainment Commissioning.
They discussed a potential return to the hit BBC1 dance show, which has been left high and dry by judge Alesha Dixon's defection to Britain's Got Talent on ITV1.
Ant and Dec are getting Ready To Rhumble at tonight's National TV Awards – by dusting off their singing skills. The Geordie duo — who had a short-lived career as singers PJ and Duncan — have been in secret talks with producers about resurrecting their famous double act.
And now the pair will be singing at the NTAs with TV legend Sir Bruce Forsyth, who is already lined up to perform. The Strictly Come Dancing host is flying in from his winter home on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico to sing Nat King Cole's Let There Be Love at the top of the show.
Strictly Come Dancing star Russell Grant is to replace Michael Crawford in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End musical The Wizard of Oz.
Grant will play the part of the wizard from 14 February for a 12-week run. The actor and astrologer will be coached by former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips before he takes to the stage.
Strictly Come Dancing star Brendan Cole will hit the dancefloor in Birmingham with his dynamic show, Live and Unjudged on January 23. Here the Strictly bad boy shares his perfect weekend . . .
Amanda Holden has backed new judge Alesha Dixon to last longer on the Britain's Got Talent panel than Kelly Brook — because she has a "brain". Simon Cowell secretly hired Kelly in 2009, but axed her after two days, saying the show was too slow with four judges.
But this year the four-judge format has returned with Alesha, 33, and 40-year-old Little Britain funnyman David Walliams joining Cowell and pregnant Amanda.
In an effort to perfect her triple axel, Heidi Range loves nothing more* than coming home of a Sunday evening and replaying her Dancing On Ice performances on TV. But not for much longer if ex-fiance Dave Berry has his way.
The couple, who announced their split last month, engaged in an extraordinary spat at the NTA awards, with the DJ claiming he still paid her Sky satellite bills. All thirty quid a month of it.
Vanilla Ice has revealed that he still bears the scars from his time as a contestant on Dancing On Ice.
The American rapper, who is currently helping to launch the search for a Kit Kat Chunky flavour, said he will never forget his experience on the show. He said: "I've got a scar on my eye, I got concussion... I left my DNA all over the ice.
Matthew Wolfenden has claimed that Dancing on Ice judge Louie Spence is hard on him because he is jealous. The Emmerdale actor suggested that the Pineapple Dance Studio star bears a grudge against him.
Wolfenden has appeared on the top of the leaderboard for his first two performances on the show. However, last week Louie was not so full of praise, saying: "This week was a mid tempo number but for me it just didn't have that spark that you should have with every tempo.
After wowing more than a million people across the country in previous years with stunning ice performances, skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean will headline the sixth live UK tour of Dancing On Ice and lead an all-star celebrity line-up to arenas across the country - starting Friday 13th April 2012 in Newcastle.
All of the celebrities will be trained and choreographed by Torvill & Dean, who will also be performing live! The celebrity line-up will be announced soon, together with the panel of rink-side judges who will critique their performances with their iced-tongue comments.
Hollyoaks' Jennifer Metcalfe has revealed that her boyfriend, Dancing On Ice contestant Sylvain Longchambon, isn't afraid to voice his opinion about the soap.
The actress, who plays Mercedes McQueen in the Channel 4 show, met the hunky Frenchman when they were paired up on the last series of the ice-skating show. Jennifer, 28, told OK! that Sylvain enjoys watching her on screen when he gets time off the rink.
Dancing on Ice 2012 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting series of the hit show yet, with Jorgie Porter and Matthew Wolfenden quickly emerging as the ones-to-watch. Although not quite a two horse race, with Chico, Jennifer Ellison and Sebastien Foucan also impressing the judges,
Matthew and Jorgie have so far topped the leader-board, both scoring an impressive 21.5 points on Sunday night. While they may be rivals during the live shows, in training the soap favourites have been bonding and supporting each other through the highs and lows of taking part in the spectacular, yet stressful, skating show.
The Hills' Kristin Cavallari is pregnant with her first child, People reports. The longtime reality star, who competed on Dancing With the Stars last fall, is engaged to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.
"We are thrilled to announce we are expecting our first child together," the couple told People. "It's an amazing time in our life and we can't wait to meet the new addition to our growing family."
Dancing with the Stars winner J.R. Martinez and his girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones are expecting a baby next spring, People reports.
"We found out just last week it's a girl and we are over the moon," Martinez told the magazine. "Diana has a little baby bump now and it's the cutest thing ever. With the holidays coming up, this is the biggest and best gift we could get."
Khloe Kardashian and her husband Lamar Odom recently announced they'll be moving since he traded to the Dallas Mavericks. And because everything Kardashian is a family affair (and business opportunity) Rob Kardashian will be joining them.
The couple will be filming the second season of Khloe and Lamar, which premieres on Feb. 19, so it's safe to say Khloe's younger brother will also play a role in the series.
Amy Childs, Ulrika Jonsson and ski-jumping star Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards are to take to the floor in Let's Dance For Sport Relief. The series returns next month for a five-week run with celebrities recreating classic dance scenes to help fundraising efforts.
Ulrika will be teaming up with her former Shooting Stars colleague Angelos Epithemiou for her routine while reality TV star Amy will appear with ex The Only Way Is Essex pal Harry Derbridge.
Andrew Lloyd Webber said the hunt for a new lead in Jesus Christ Superstar would take the show back to its 'roots', after moving from the BBC to ITV.
The musical impresario, who has found stars for The Sound Of Music, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Oliver! and The Wizard Of Oz at the BBC, confirmed the move. It comes after his BBC programmes were criticised for serving Lord Lloyd Webber's own commercial interests.
Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber has quit the BBC to film a new show for ITV. The musicals supremo will head up the judging panel in a search to find an actor to play Judas in a touring production of rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and has joined the rival network as his former bosses were uncomfortable with casting roles in the biblical stage show.
A source said: "He has been wanting to get this off the ground for some time but the BBC just didn't want it. "They had issues about auditioning for Jesus. They feared Christians would get hot under the collar. The Beeb also kept getting flak for effectively promoting Andrew's commercial interests.
