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Emmerdale Viv star Deena Payne banned from Strictly amid BBC bosses' clash with ITV

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Emmerdale star Deena Payne had her dreams of starring on Strictly Come Dancing crushed due to a "clash of the titans" between ITV and BBC.Deena, who starred in Emmerdale for an incredible 18 years as Viv Hope, went through her fair share of dramatic storylines - from her affair with Paddy Kirk to giving birth to twins.And as such, she soon became a soap icon in her own right.

But, as she was tied into a contract with ITV at the time, when Deena got close to achieving her dreams of appearing on rival network BBC's show Strictly, her dreams were quickly dashed.In an exclusive interview with Daily Star, Deena admitted: "I wouldn’t appear on any reality TV show except Strictly.

Strictly is the one I’ve always loved, because I’ve always danced, and I’m a good dancer. "However, I think I got right to the end, years and years ago - probably about 16 years ago, around when it started and I was still on Emmerdale.

In September, my agent said, ‘They’re just finalising everybody at the end of the week!’ and I couldn’t believe it when I wasn’t."But it was to do with the clash of the titans [between ITV and BBC] at the time, because I was still in Emmerdale and quite a large part of it, and they didn’t like it, I don’t think.

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