Fleur East is “praying” her dance partner Vito Coppola has to wear “a really bad wig” this weekend.
Fleur East is “praying” her dance partner Vito Coppola has long hair on Strictly
The ‘Sax’ hitmaker wants her 31-year-old dance partner to sport the “long hair” previously sported by Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson as they gear up to perform a jive to the super group’s hit ‘Waterloo' - which Abba won the 'Eurovision Song Contest' with in 1973 - on the BBC Latin and ballroom competition on Saturday night (22.10.22).
While presenting her Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Vito as a guest, the 34-year-old singer said: “This might be my favourite thing about this weekend. The thing is the original Abba collective have all got long hair, including the guys, but Vito doesn’t. Which means they may have to put a wig on him. I am praying they put a really bad wig on him, but we haven’t seen anything yet.”
The pair scored 38 points out of 40 last week for their Argentine Tango, and Vito believes they should at least be replicating that.
He said: “Thirty-eight is the minimum we should achieve this week I think, or 39 or 40 – no pressure of course! It's a new number and a new challenge. The jive is a lot of fun, a lot of knee hops and kicking and pointing toes. I think Fleur’s muscles are almost destroyed. But we will be bringing the Eurovision atmosphere to Strictly – and you have to see the outfits and you need to look out for the hair.”
The Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Fleur East. Listen live at hitsradio.co.uk.
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