Dancing queens Natasha Kaplinsky and Jill Halfpenny will strut their stuff in a Strictly Come Dancing special.The two series winners of the BBC ballroom dancing show fight it out for the accolade of Champion of Champions.

TV presenter Natasha, who won the first series, is hoping to take the crown with her partner Brendan Cole.

The couple, whose foxtrots on screen are alleged to have sparked an off-screen relationship, have spent weeks practising their steps.

They have been rehearsing for the show ever since Brendan was voted off the second series with dancing partner Sarah Manners.

Since winning the second show, former EastEnders actress Jill, 29, has landed the lead role of Roxie in the West End musical Chicago.

Halfpenny was axed from her role as Kate Mitchell in EastEnders earlier this year.

But Strictly Come Dancing transformed her fortunes and led her to landing the part in Chicago for a three-month run at London's Adelphi Theatre starting in January.

She follows in the footsteps of Denise Van Outen, Claire Sweeney and Jennifer Ellison, who have all played murderess Roxie.

Halfpenny, transformed her shape for the BBC1 ballroom show. "Everything has tightened up," she said. "Dancing has made me use bits of my body that I've never used before."

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