After life in the mud...I'm ready to embrace glitter

As Strictly's latest scrum of wannabe cha-cha-champs limber up for the new series, JULIA KUTTNER asks three of the stars bidding for Glitterball glory 'why are you putting yourself through it?'

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FORMER England rugby union captain Chris is used to high-pressure moments and says he is relishing the new challenge Strictly will provide - despite the reaction of his wife when he told her he would be doing the show.

The retired Harlequins flanker, 39, who is married to classical singer Camilla Kerslake, said: “She was laughing — she thought it was a joke because she knows I’m not a very good dancer.