BBC Strictly Come Dancing winner Alesha Dixon lifts lid on how show is ‘different’ 17 years later

EXCLUSIVE: Former Strictly Come Dancing champion Alesha Dixon has opened up astir her acquisition connected the BBC amusement and however it has changed since she competed.

Alesha Dixon, who won Strictly Come Dancing alongside Matthew Cutler backmost successful 2007, has spoken candidly astir her clip connected the BBC show.

The Boy Does Nothing singer, who was antecedently a portion of the miss set Mis-Teeq, has besides discussed however the bid has changed since she competed 17 years ago.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 46, opened up astir what the creation contention is similar contiguous arsenic portion of an exclusive chat with the Mirror and different Reach publications astir the caller Media, Broadcast and Production T-level.

Reflecting connected moving from her judging relation connected Strictly successful 2012 successful bid to beryllium a justice connected ITV’s biggest endowment show, she said: “I deliberation everything happens for a reason. I cherish the clip I had connected the show.

“I’ve ever said this - it volition always, ever person a peculiar spot successful my heart. It was a monolithic turning constituent for maine successful my career.

“So, erstwhile I deliberation of Strictly, it gives maine a lukewarm feeling. You’ll often perceive radical talking astir the ‘Strictly bubble’ and that’s due to the fact that it is specified a beauteous bubble that you’re in.”

The Breathe Slow hitmaker past went connected to sermon however the amusement had changed, explaining:

“I conjecture the main happening that’s antithetic from erstwhile I was connected the amusement is that production-wise - arsenic people would hap - the accumulation facet has truly developed.

“I remember, successful my day, we didn’t person each the astonishing sets they bash present and each the props and each those amusive aspects that they’ve added to the production.

“We ne'er had that successful my day, but the basal constituent is inactive there: the emotion of dance. If you’ve got the emotion of dance, radical volition ever emotion the show.”

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 ITV prima 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.