BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Katya Jones reveals Nigel Harman's late-night texts amid 'secret'

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Nigel Harman has confessed to sending texts to dance partner Katya Jones at 2am while taking part in Strictly Come Dancing. The pair were seen making it through to week nine of the BBC One dance contest over the weekend with this Saturday's show set to take place in Blackpool.

Nigel and professional dancer Katya's couple's choice to Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars appeared to impress as it saw the Casualty star praised for his “leading man quality” by Anton Du Beke before he and his professional dance partner landed third on the leaderboard behind Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola.

And the performance that eventually saw them keep their place in the competition meaning they will perform in the iconic Tower Ballroom also had a special meaning to Nigel as he dedicated the dance to his family. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice sends 'special' message to co-star amid final 'snub' READ MORE: Read more of today's top stories from the Manchester Evening News He explained: "It's about love and there's a lyric in it that says, 'you're amazing just the way you are' and on a personal level with [wife] Luce and my daughter, they're just amazing, just the way they are – they don't have to be anything and it's a good message to share." But it appears Katya has become an extended part of the family as former EastEnders actor Nigel has admitted he occasionally texts Katya in the middle of the night when he’s struggling to sleep. "Towards the weekend, I always wake up at about two in the morning, in the middle of the dance routine… always on a Friday night," he shared. "And it’s (as) you know, we all wake up in the morning when we’re in our REM sleeps and… (after those) four