Strictly Come Dancing to boost the profile of other BBC programmes by hiring eight of the Corporation's stars for the show. More than half of this year's celebrity contestants are already working for the network – including rugby player Ugo Monye, who is a team captain on A Question Of Sport.
Sources close to Strictly suspect that television executives signed him up hoping that his popularity would transfer to the struggling quiz show.
Producers also teamed up the 38-year-old former England winger with their most popular professional dancer, Oti Mabuse, who has won the last two series of the popular dance show.
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