BBC Strictly Come Dancing champion shares top pick for winner of 2024 series

EXCLUSIVE: Strictly Come Dancing has lone conscionable begun, but erstwhile champion Alesha Dixon has already revealed which personage she is backing to triumph the 2024 bid of the BBC show.

In an exclusive interview, Britain's Got Talent justice Alesha Dixon has shared the concealed of which celeb she's throwing her value down successful this year's sparkling bid of Strictly Come Dancing.

The songstress and erstwhile Strictly champ opened up to the Mirror and different Reach titles connected the prima she's hoping volition assistance up the glitterball trophy successful 2024.

As a semipermanent panellist connected ITV's deed amusement Britain's Got Talent, Alesha's already got her eyes acceptable connected who she thinks could prevail connected rival BBC's creation level extravaganza.

During a broader treatment astir the caller Media, Broadcast and Production T-level, Alesha fto gaffe which favourite she's chosen to cheer for.

Fielding questions connected the existent season's standouts, Alesha confessed: "You know, I haven't seen this play yet."

But she didn't clasp back, continuing: "I cognize that JB (Gill) is successful it, though, truthful adjacent though I haven't seen it yet, I'm rooting for him!"

It's unsurprising the popstar is backing JB; aft all, Alesha's ain hits were storming the charts portion JB's set JLS was making waves connected The X Factor backmost successful 2008.

JLS, featuring JB alongside Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, and Oritse Williams, person been world TV golden since rocking the X Factor stage, with JB adjacent appearing connected ITV's Dance Dance Dance, hosted by Alesha herself.

Elsewhere successful the interview, Alesha opened up astir her vocation successful the amusement manufacture and the caller qualifications that volition let young radical to bash the aforesaid successful a supportive environment.

The Boy Does Nothing vocalist has joined the T-team – a radical of celebrities hailing T-levels arsenic a game-changing qualification. Alesha is championing the brand-new Media, Broadcast and Production T-level, launched crossed England this September.

New stats amusement that 73% of radical judge the routes and opportunities into the originative industries are closed disconnected to many, portion 86% of parents would consciousness much assured successful their kid pursuing a originative vocation if they knew much astir the opportunities available.

Alesha branded the run “really exciting”, explaining: “Before I really got into the amusement industry, I wanted to beryllium a teacher, and I perfectly emotion going into schools and speaking with young people.

“This run truly spoke to me,” she continued, “So I've joined the T-team experts and we’re present to rise consciousness connected the benefits of T-levels for 16 to 19 twelvemonth olds.

“I would person loved thing similar this erstwhile I was younger,” Alesha admitted. “I deliberation there's tons of stigma astir moving successful Media and Broadcast and production. I deliberation astir apt a batch of parents deliberation that to get into media, it's astir who you cognize alternatively than what you know.

“But T-levels truly assistance the lid connected that - this is simply a bona fide mode into the manufacture wherever your children tin beryllium hands-on, moving connected an manufacture placement with the employer, and learning real-life skills successful the schoolroom that are past transferable to the existent world. I conscionable deliberation it's a superb idea.”

Alesha added: “If you were a young person, knowing that you're going to beryllium retired determination successful the existent world, moving successful an manufacture that you aspire to beryllium in, it would beryllium ace exciting.

Pointing retired that the qualification is besides beneficial to employers, she noted: “And of course, these courses are tailor-made for what the employers request and want, truthful it's a wholly bespoke qualification successful that sense.”

She besides spoke of her ain acquisition erstwhile she started retired successful the amusement industry, recalling: “I deliberation it's important to animate young radical and springiness them options, due to the fact that I conscionable deliberation radical truly spot the amusement manufacture arsenic otherworldly. I cognize I did increasing up; I thought it was Mars.

“I didn't adjacent cognize it was imaginable to beryllium successful the amusement industry, truthful I deliberation we've got to assistance the lid connected that and amusement parents that determination are steps you tin take that volition springiness you the assurance that your kid is doing the close thing.

“Ultimately, it's astir fulfilling a passion, and that's wherever my passionateness comes from. You get 1 life; you privation to bash thing with your beingness that gives you satisfaction.”

I deliberation a batch of radical are tense and fearful, truthful they possibly take a safer route,” she reflected. “Or they don't spell for their dreams due to the fact that they're not definite that it's possible.

“So I deliberation erstwhile it comes to the originative industries, we've got to promote radical to spell for it, due to the fact that I deliberation a batch of radical take to locomotion distant due to the fact that they don’t cognize however how to spell astir it.

“But the originative manufacture truthful exciting!” she enthused. “There are truthful galore options and truthful galore jobs disposable for young people. I ever travel from the viewpoint of being passionate astir the originative industries, being passionate astir young radical and showing them what's possible.”

Parents tin find much accusation and entree escaped resources by visiting the T-level info website at: www.tlevelinfo.org.uk

Strictly Come Dancing continues connected Saturday astatine 6.20pm connected BBC and BBC iPlayer.