I was on Strictly and pro dancers LIE about being happy with celeb pairings, says Scott Mills

The Masked Dancer panel were left gobsmacked on Saturday 17 September evening as Prawn Cocktail's identity was finally unveiled as fan-favourite TV presenter Stacey Dooley.The big reveal came in the third episode of the 2022 series, which is hosted by Joel Dommett on stage while celebrities Oti Mabuse, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Peter Crouch act as judges.Tonight's episode proved to be another head scratcher as five Masked Dancers competed to remain anonymous, resulting in an inevitable elimination.Two dancers landed in the bottom two, with Scissors dancing to Dami Lovato's Confident, while Prawn Cocktail performed to Miley Cyrus' Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In the end, it was Scissors who emerged victorious, leaving Prawn Cocktail to be unmasked as none other than Stacey, 35, who is expecting her first child.

Fans were left somewhat surprised again as the latest unmasked took place on The Masked Dancer. The ITV dancing show was back on screens on Saturday night (September 17) and saw five of the extravagant characters take to the stage again for plenty more clues, moves, and guessing.

The Masked Dancer viewers have finally learned the identity of Prawn Cocktail after she was given the boot on tonight’s episode.The dancer behind the mask was revealed to be MBE TV presenter and journalist Stacey Dooley. The 35-year-old former Strictly Come Dancing star was up against scissors in the bottom two after being beaten into the next round by pillar and post, candlestick and odd socks.

Ellie Simmonds is preparing to wow the ­nation on Strictly – yet she is already being bullied online. Brave Ellie, however, who struck gold five times in the paralympics, refuses to let the trolls’ nasty comments take the shine off becoming the show’s first contestant with dwarfism. The athlete, 27, who won 2008’s BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, hopes to show fans they can achieve anything.

The stars of Strictly Come Dancing have officially undergone their glitzy and glam makeovers ahead of the news series. The hit BBC One show was set to return to screens on Saturday night (September 17). However, the broadcaster took the decision to postpone.

Strictly Come Dancing makes you see "the best and the worst in someone" due to the "intense" time you spend with your dance partner on the show, as he admitted clashing with partner Dianne Buswell "plenty of times".The 31-year-old Youtube star danced with the professional on the show back in 2018.The dancing duo made it to the final where they missed out on winning the Glitterball trophy to Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton.Reflecting on his experience, Joe admitted that despite being all smiles on camera, he and Dianne regularly clashed behind-the-scenes.He revealed: "On that show, I think you see the best in someone and the worst in someone, especially if you get to those later stages, you're spending like 12 hour days.(sic)"It is very intense and you fall out, we fell out plenty of times, I'm sure.Piers Morgan delivers dig to Meghan Markle as kids gain royal titles"Every week we were like, 'Oh, I'm going home'."I always felt like I needed to make her proud, and I'm not a natural dancer, I can't dance, so I had to purely rely on Dianne to teach me."Joe went on to say that the more you stay in the BBC competition, the stressful it gets."I'm sure she saw the worst in me and I saw the worst in her in some of those weeks," he added to Kate Thornton on her White Wine podcast.Despite their clashes, Joe went on to say the positive times outweighed the negatives on the show.His hard work and dedication made him the most successful male contestant of the series competing in an intense final with Stacey and Kevin, Ashley Roberts and Pasha Kovalev and Faye Tozer and Giovanni Pernice.Throughout the series, he and Dianne were at the centre of dating rumours which they brushed aside at the time. After the final, Joe confirmed they

Stacey Dooley has given a new glimpse of her growing baby bump as her fans begin to speculate the baby's gender. The Strictly Come Dancing star announced in August that she was expecting her first child with boyfriend Kevin Clifton.

This year’s Strictly Come Dancing launch show has officially been postponed following The Queen’s death. The highly anticipated launch show for the BBC One show's 20th series was due to take place on Saturday 17 September and would have been the first time this year’s dancing couples were revealed to the public.

Strictly is now nearing its 20th series, with 2022's launch show set to air on Saturday 17 September. But what happened during the first ever series of the popular BBC show?READ MORE: Past winners with prior dance experience as Strictly called 'fix' due to Helen Skelton's dance pastNatasha's career began when she hosted F2F, a youth chat show, in 1996 alongside Sacha Baron Cohen. At the end of the 90's, she presented London Today and London Tonight for ITV's London News Network before joining Sky News.

Stacey Dooley has given fans a glimpse of her growing baby bump in her latest upload on Instagram.The documentary maker revealed last month that she is expecting her first baby with boyfriend and former Strictly Come Dancing partner Kevin Clifton.The pair started dating shortly after meeting on BBC's hit celebrity dancing show in 2018. Yesterday, September 11, the star posted a photo on Instagram thanking the sender of some flowers.The 35 year old uploaded a photo, bump on show, next to the bouquet and wrote: "You sweetheart! @myladygarden "Thank you! So kind. "(Also, coincidentally matchin the bouquet to the outfit.....

IT seems the much-feared Strictly curse has struck again. The BBC show’s 2021 champion Rose Ayling-Ellis and her boyfriend of seven years, Sam Arnold, went their separate ways recently. Apparently, time spent apart while Rose, 27, was away on the Strictly tour in April took its toll on the relationship.

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Helen Skelton has revealed her surprise link to one of the judges on the BBC One competition. The former Blue Peter star - who is set to take to the dance floor for the first time this weekend - admitted that she sometimes plays golf with Anton Du Beke.

Helen Skelton, 38, has been keeping herself busy since she announced she had split from her husband Richie Myler, 32, after an eight-year marriage and three children. As she prepares for Strictly Come Dancing next week, Helen shares her "grief" as it's "something we all have to deal with" as she moves on from Richie.Helen presented a show on BBC Radio 5 today and shared a short video to her 325,000 Instagram followers enticing them in.The Countryfile presenter began: "A lot of people in my job do what we do because we like being part of moments that bring the country together."Normally that's celebratory things like the Olympics or World Cup Finals.This is a coming together of a different kind."It's coming together in the morning and in grief.

STRICTLY star Helen Skelton looked incredible in skintight leggings as she took a break from dance practice and returned to her day job. The broadcaster, 39, hosts Channel 4's rugby league coverage and was in fine spirits at Huddersfield Giant's play-off against Salford Red Devils.

STRICTLY Come Dancing's Stacey Dooley gave fans a glimpse of her growing baby bump in a new snap. The star revealed last month that she was pregnant with her first child with dancer boyfriend Kevin Clifton.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were furious after details of the dancing partnerships were published online ahead of its glossy launch. The flagship BBC programme, which sees celebrities pair up with professional dancers and try to score a perfect 10 from judges, is returning for its 20th season. The celebrity line-up, which has been officially announced, includes Helen Skelton, Matt Goss, Fleur East and Kaye Adams, with the stars spotted outside a rehearsal space earlier this week.

THE 2022 Strictly Come Dancing pairings have been leaked online - a week before the big reveal. The new celebrities were paired up with their professional dance partners in a pre-recorded filming session earlier this week.

BBC series Strictly Come Dancing are in uproar after the names of the new celebrity pairing were leaked just days ahead of the show’s launch. A gossip website dedicated to show has published the ‘confirmed’ pairings of celebrities and professional dancers, leaving many fans feeling angered at the leak as excitement builds for the launch.

Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton, 39, took to Instagram to share a reel of her moments from the launch show, which included a selfie of her and Kym Marsh, a snap of her sharing a pizza with Ellie Taylor and a group picture of her fellow competitors this series.The presenter will battle it out for the Glitterball trophy alongside; Kym, Ellie, Will Mellor, Richie Anderson, Kaye Adams, Jayde Adams, Ellie Simmonds, Fleur East, James Bye, Molly Rainford, Hamza Yassin and Tony Adams MBE.Despite being rivals, Helen proved all is well behind-the-scenes so far as she told fans she understood why people raved about taking part.In view of her 325,000 followers, she wrote: "Totally understand why people rave about being part of this show in the way they do…"Smiles and laughter are infectious. Very grateful to be part of the class of “22” still in awe this is technically work.Bob Geldof slips up in front of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry"For however long it lasts I have already made memories to last a life time.