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13.09.2020 - 00:53

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Strictly Come Dancing star Katya Jones is close to winning a behind-the-scenes battle to partner boxer Nicola Adams, we can reveal.Many of the female professionals are desperate to be part of the show’s first same-sex pairing after Nicola said she would only dance with a woman.Whoever teams up with the ex-Olympic fighter will make TV history when the BBC hit returns next month.But a source claimed bosses are set to put Katya, 31, and Nicola, 37, together.They believe they will have chemistry and are poised to pair them up if they hit it off when they meet.The women are also a similar height.In past series, pro dancers and celebrities spent time with each other before being put together so producers could see which couples had a spark.But.

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