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Strictly's Rhys Stephenson reveals paralysing stage fright: 'I told Nancy to slap me'

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He is best known as the energetic and ever-smiley host of CBBC – but Rhys Stephenson has taken on a very different challenge by putting his best foot forward on Strictly Come Dancing.

And as soon as the competition began, the 27-year-old and his pro partner Nancy Xu – competing for the first time herself after featuring in 2019 as a backing dancer – were earmarked as one of the bookies’ hot favourites to lift the coveted Glitterball trophy.

But being tipped to win does have its downsides as Rhys says the hype about his ability piled on the pressure. He threw himself into the spirit of the BBC hit as Nancy, 29, helped him perfect his form with a posture device worn across his shoulders, got him suited up and created a Viennese waltz routine.

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