Dan Walker shares struggles after falling asleep during Strictly training: 'She broke me!'

Dan Walker has dedicated his first dance on Strictly Come Dancing to his former co-host Louise Minchin.The BBC star dedicated the quickstep he was doing with dance partner Nadiya Bychkova to his former co-host, with whom he presented the show for the last five years, before she left the famous red sofa for good last week.Following Dan's performance, Strictly host Claudia Winkleman said: "You wanted to dedicate that dance to somebody very special."Yes, I've got a new Breakfast sofa partner", Dan added before pointing at Nadiya."That was actually for Louise Minchin who any Breakfast viewer will know, Louise left the Breakfast sofa last week."Hopefully she's watching, so Louise, that was for you."We miss you, we love you and we wish you all

@mrdanwalker - I was hoping he’d be a lot worse than that… #Strictly.”In response Piers’ fans asked when it would be his turn to bust some moves in the BBC contest.@Ann1p commented: “If Piers Morgan does Strictly it would be worth every single penny of the Licence Fees.”

Dan Walker announced that he was devoting his first Strictly Come Dancing performance to his former BBC Breakfast co-star Louise Minchin.Dan and his co-star wife had worked together on the iconic red sofa for six years before Louise announced she was leaving the programme after 20 years of service.Louise's last day on the programme was September 15 and just ten days on Dan is still clearly missing his partner in crime.After giving it his all on the dance floor this evening - and later collapsing onto the floor with exhaustion - he stood up to declare his kind gesture.He said: "I'm dedicating my first performance to Louise.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterBBC Breakfast star Dan Walker is certainly keeping himself busy as he makes his debut on Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday. The star had admitted he isn't sure how he is going to juggle dance rehearsals with his BBC presenting job, but he is no stranger to balancing lots of TV work at the same time.

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Dan Walker, 44, will take to the dance floor with Strictly Come Dancing professional Nadiya Bychkova, 32, for the first live show of the series tonight. Ahead of the show, he asked Kevin Clifton, 38, for some last minute advice on Twitter.Kevin was a professional dancer on the show for five years from 2013 to 2019.Ahead of the show tonight, he wished the dancing duos good luck, in view of his 248,000 followers.In response, Dan wrote: "Any last minute advice Super Kev?"He replied: "Enjoy it and embrace it mate.

Dan Walker has been revealed as one of this year’s high-profile contestants on Strictly Come Dancing.And during a promotional interview with The Sun he took the opportunity to take a jokey swipe at his arch-nemesis Piers Morgan.Dan, 44, who has been partnered with Nadiya Bychkova, enjoys a friendly rivalry with Piers, mainly on Twitter, but has now claimed he does not even know who he is.When quizzed about his relationship with Piers, 56, who sensationally quit GMB earlier this year after refusing to apologise for comments about Meghan Markle, Dan replied: “Who?”Previously, Piers delighted in poking fun at the fact that Strictly’s launch show last week had the lowest viewing figures in 11 years.

Dan Walker, 44, announced his decision to leave the BBC programme this year.

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Sara Davies has admitted her mum will be supporting another Strictly Come Dancing contestant on the show.The 37-year-old businesswoman revealed her loving mother will also be voting for TV presenter Dan Walker because she is a BBC Breakfast superfan.The blonde bombshell took to her Instagram on Friday to reveal the surprising news as she watched back her Strictly interview on BBC Breakfast show.But the mum-of-two has revealed she will still be getting votes from her supportive family as she prepares to take to the dancefloor for the first live show of the series on Saturday.She penned: “Chatting on BBC Breakfast this morning about how my mam wants to vote for Dan Walker in the show…“In fairness she’s said it’s an ‘as well as’ not an

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BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker has turned to his TV rival Ranvir Singh for some advice ahead of the first Strictly Come Dancing live show this weekend.The 44-year-old TV star, who gets up at 3am in order to host the breakfast show before hitting the training room, wanted to speak to someone who had shared a similar experience.Ranvir was the perfect person to seek advice from as she works on ITV's Good Morning Britain.The former Strictly contestant, who almost made it to the final last year with her professional partner Giovanni Pernice, had to deal with similar early starts during her stint on the show.The 44-year-old political editor said it was a "unique experience" when she spoke to Dan and his partner Nadiya Bychkova via video

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterBBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker has said that rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing have 'broken' him. The 44-year-old has been struggling with balancing his early starts for his show with his intensive Strictly training and has been documenting his gruelling regime for fans on social media.

Strictly Come Dancing star Nina Wadia has given fans a glimpse inside her gorgeous home on Instagram. The actress, who is best known for her role as Zainab Masood on EastEnders, is currently appearing on the BBC competition alongside the likes of Dan Walker and Judi Love.The 52-year-old, who is partnered with Neil Jones on the show, can be seen in her kitchen with a saucepan on the stove, and a spice rack in the background in a glimpse from her popular Instagram account.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterBBC Breakfast host Dan Walker has shown that his Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals have already begun to pay off, as he debuted his impressive weight loss transformation on social media.The former Football Focus presenter will take to the dance floor on Saturday (September 25) for the first live Strictly show after being paired with professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova last weekend.And it appears the rigorous rehearsals sessions are having an effect on more than his dancing prowess.It was his BBC Breakfast co-host Sally Nugent who first noticed Dan’s transformation and pointed it out on Wednesday’s programme to compliment Dan on his new look.Turning to her co-host,

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterBBC presenter Dan Walker has shared the secret keywords his dance partner Nadiya Bychkova uses to get him into the correct position while they partake in their dance routines.The 44-year-old, who is preparing to dazzle viewers with his moves on Strictly Come Dancing this Saturday, has given his fans insider knowledge of what takes place behind the scenes.Taking to his Instagram stories, Dan said: "We are, as you well know, we are getting ready for the quick step on Saturday night."And to give you a little training room secret, we've got some words that Nadiya Bychkova, professional dance partner shouts during the dance to get me into the right position."Nadiya

Dan Walker, 44, has been working hard with his dance partner Nadiya Bychkova to prepare for Strictly Come Dancing 2021 and the fruits of his labour are beginning to show, as he admitted to having lost nearly a third of a stone in weight today.The presenter has found his trousers to be a lot “looser” than they were previously, as he sat down on BBC Breakfast’s red sofa.Dan shared a photo of himself holding straight while sat next to his colleague Sally Nugent, who pointed towards him.Typing on Twitter in view of his 723,800 followers, the broadcaster said: “Working on my new dancey posture with @sallynugent on the #BBCbreakfast this morning. “Also noticed that my trousers were a bit loosey-goosey. “Turns out I’ve lost a third of a stone

EastEnders star Brian Conley has shared the truth behind his character's nickname.Appearing on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, Brian chatted hosts Dan Walker and Sally Nugent through the identity twist reveal which aired on the soap on Tuesday night - as his character Rocky revealed he isn't who he said he is.Supposedly Sonia's father, Terry Cant was revealed to actually be Thomas Cotton - and intent on scamming Sonia out of her million pound property and running away with the cash.But now Brian has explained why his character is known best as Rocky."It's been fun, because I've been very cheeky, Cockney Rocky, and now to sort of reveal to everyone..." he explained.

BBC Breakfast turned slightly awkward on Wednesday morning, as host Sally Nugent shut down her co-presenter Dan Walker in a tense Strictly Come Dancing debate.Dan is one of the competitors on this year's show, currently partnered up with Nadiya Bychkova - and will take to the Strictly dance floor for the first live show on Saturday, September 25th.But the tense debate came as sports journalist John Watson was delivering the news of the day from the red sofa, bringing up the story of boxer Oleksandr Usyk - who adopted juggling as his warm-up routine in the ring.Footage of the impressive juggling technique graced our telly screens, with the sports star even catching a ball behind his back."Oh, hello!" Dan chimed.

Dan Walker, 44, has said sorry to his Strictly Come Dancing co-star, Rose Ayling-Ellis, 26, for forgetting to include subtitles on his Instagram videos.The EastEnders actress has made Strictly history as the show's first ever deaf contestant.In Dan's videos, he can be seen with his partner, Nadiya Bychkova, discussing key words she says to help him understand his choroegraphy.These include "stretchy boss", "fish fingers", and "captain".After the pair finished laughing over the instructions, Dan had a realisation.He said: “Oh just a little update, we did a bad thing, I promised Rose that every time I did one of these videos I would put the captions on.“I didn’t do it.“So yeah, I’m very sorry Rose and everybody else for not doing the