Angela Rippon has no expectations about winning 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
Angela Rippon doesn't think she'll win Strictly
The 78-year-old broadcaster will be the oldest contestant ever on the BBC One show when she competes on the upcoming series.
Speaking on 'The One Show', Angela said: "'I have to admit, the first words out of my mouth when I was asked were: 'Well why didn't they ask me 10 years ago when I was a little bit younger!' Why? well, I love dance. I presented 'Come Dancing'.
"The serious reason behind doing it is because I've been advocating, ever since I did a series called 'How to Stay Young', where we demonstrated as part of the programme that dance is the complete full body and mind exercise for everybody regardless of your age but particularly for people as they get older.
"Now as I'm 78, I'll be 79 when we're actually doing the programme, it would be lovely to demonstrate.
"I know I'm not going to lift that Glitterball, I'm being honest with myself, it would be wonderful if I could last long enough, a few weeks, and demonstrate that even at my age that it genuinely is possible for people who are older to be able to dance."
And, Angela is excited about the challenge of learning new dances.
She said: "Having been a fan of 'Strictly' since day one, and as a former presenter of 'Come Dancing', this will be quite an adventure for me. A scary one, considering I’m about to be 79. But I’m really looking forward to the challenge, and perhaps being able to learn to dance the Argentinian Tango!!”
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