BBC Strictly Come Dancing star reveals 'traumatic' experience in UK seaside town

A Strictly Come Dancing contestant has revealed wherefore their clip successful Blackpool, wherever the stars precocious visited, was thing but enjoyable and they came location ‘traumatised’

Every twelvemonth the Strictly celebrities nervously hole to execute successful 1 of the astir iconic ballrooms successful Blackpool and sojourn the accepted seaside municipality to bask each it has to offer, but 1 Strictly prima has said their erstwhile acquisition determination was similar "something successful a fearfulness film".

Strictly Come Dancing ’s Blackpool week is renowned arsenic 1 of the astir anticipated, glamorous and magical successful the series’ calendar. This twelvemonth the professional dancers performed a dazzling Argentine Tango acceptable successful a chic 1940s edifice and popular legends The Pet Boys Boys opened the amusement with a medley of their top hits.

The enactment takes spot astatine the legendary Blackpool Tower Ballroom - a landmark successful the dancing world acknowledgment to its stunning architecture, affluent past and celebrated sprung floor. One personage contestant adjacent revealed however her spouse warned that things measurement up a notch astatine this signifier of the competition, mostly owed to the nonrecreational venue.

Actress Sarah Hadland has been taking guidance from pro Vito Coppola, who told her Blackpool is "the satellite of existent ballroom dancing". The brace stunned the unrecorded assemblage connected the nighttime with their Couples Choice regular to Pad Dam and Can't Get You Out of My Head by Kylie Minouge. The show earned them a spot astatine the apical of the Leaderboard alongside Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec.

Before she headed to the seaside edifice she spoke to the Blackpool Gazette astir her excitement implicit performing determination and said Vito stated: "You person to commencement dancing similar a pro now, due to the fact that you are successful a pro arena." As good arsenic revealing she hoped to marque her spouse arrogant successful the ballroom, Sarah was praying her clip successful the bluish formation municipality went a small smoother than the past clip she was there. Her mum took her to sojourn arsenic a small miss - it didn’t precisely spell to program and it near her "traumatised".

"We got determination and we did the rollercoaster... erstwhile our photograph came done everyone had their arms successful the aerial but I'm obscurity to beryllium seen. I’m successful the brace position, astir apt screaming, brace, brace. After that, my mum took america to spell connected a small donkey thrust connected the beach. I got connected a donkey but it got spooked. I swung nether the donkey and was dragged with my look successful the sand. This donkey was called thing similar Brenda. It's similar thing successful a fearfulness film. After that, I deliberation I was a spot traumatised and conscionable came home."

She was hoping to marque caller memories though with Vito and said she planned to instrumentality her wetsuit truthful she could person a dip successful the chilly ocean. "I’ll beryllium going successful the sea, and truthful volition Vito!" she claimed. "I’ve got my wetsuit, my small shoes, my small camping stove to marque a cupful of beverage afterwards connected the beach. I’m assuming Vito volition beryllium coming on too."

When it came to the existent crushed they were visiting the iconic seaside spot, Sarah said she realised its value due to the fact that it holds a peculiar spot successful the hearts of the pros, who get a "reverence successful their voice" erstwhile they're discussing it. "When Vito talks astir it, a glitter mist comes implicit him and helium talks astir winning determination erstwhile helium was younger," she revealed. "He becomes benignant of misty eyed erstwhile helium talks astir it, it gets rather emotional, and I privation to acquisition that with him."

The Miranda star, who advises radical astatine location to formal up for the peculiar shows and enactment their "tea successful a pot, not conscionable a mug!" couldn’t hold to creation connected the sprung level excessively but was acrophobic she whitethorn person to incorporate her earthy energy. "I’m rather a bouncy idiosyncratic and Vito spends a batch of clip telling maine to halt being truthful bouncy," she revealed. "He says I’m similar Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. But past he’s rather bouncy excessively but helium tin power it. I’m disquieted that I’m going to person to beryllium adjacent little bouncy. To really creation connected it volition beryllium amazing."

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