‘I’d shoot out of bed and start practising my steps’ – Daniel O’Donnell on how Strictly took over his life
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Daniel O’Donnell was partnered with Kristina Rihanoff last year on the BBC version of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
‘I’d shoot out of bed and start practising my steps’ – Daniel O’Donnell on how Strictly took over his life
Independent.ie
GOING back, when the email arrived from the BBC’s Strictly team inviting me to be a contestant, I couldn’t believe what I was reading.
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GOING back, when the email arrived from the BBC’s Strictly team inviting me to be a contestant, I couldn’t believe what I was reading.
I was a huge fan of the show and had often fantasised about dancing on it. As the saying goes, ‘be careful what you wish for’. That was certainly true in my case.
The invitation came at the right time in my life, as it was during a period when I had taken a career break from touring. In the previous decades it would have been impossible for me to take up the offer due to my commitments to live shows in Branson, Missouri, at that time of the year.
I was relaxing at our home in Tenerife when the email came through, and I was instantly excited. It was my golden opportunity to shine on Strictly as a dancer, or so I imagined.
One of the greatest joys in life for me is dancing. I’ve always loved jiving and waltzing on the social dancing scene in Ireland. I just never realised how far removed it was from the dance moves I would have to master on Strictly.
If somebody had asked me before I did Strictly, ‘can you dance?’, I would have …
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