Yahoo Finance Roman Kemp shares his one condition for doing Strictly
Celebrity Gogglebox star Roman Kemp has revealed that he'd only consider signing up to Strictly Come Dancing if bosses granted him one request.
In an interview with OK! magazine, the radio presenter was asked if he would ever agree to be a contestant on the hit BBC show.
Kemp certainly didn't shut down the idea, but did state that it would only happen if he was paired with a particular Strictly professional.
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"The only way I’d do Strictly is if I was teamed up with Johannes [Radebe]," he said.
"I think sometimes the show takes away from the skill of the dancers and it becomes like a soap opera of who’s dating who."
Kemp added that he'd "want to be focused on the dancing" and not worry about stories in the press about him.
"So, if I was teamed up in a same-sex pairing, it would be brilliant because I’d just be focusing on the show," he explained.
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Kemp is no stranger to reality TV, thanks to Celebrity Gogglebox, which he appears on alongside dad Martin Kemp, of Spandau Ballet fame.
He also appeared on I'm a Celebrity in 2019, finishing in third place. Prior to this, Kemp was on a special celebrity edition of First Dates for Stand Up to Cancer in November 2017.
Kemp has been busy filming a new reality show for BBC of late. The Capital FM DJ is presenting The Finish Line, which will be coming to screens sometime this summer.
He's joined by former Blue Peter presenter Sarah Greene on the show, which will "see players compete in quiz-fuelled races across a unique racetrack set".
As for the Strictly Come Dancing 2023 cast, audiences are still awaiting official confirmation from the BBC on who has signed up to the ballroom this year.
Rumoured contestants to date include Love Island's Zara McDermott, Casualty and former EastEnders actor Nigel Harman and Paralympian basketball player Ade Adepitan.
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