Bonnie Tyler reveals reason she turned down BBC Strictly Come Dancing

Music fable Bonnie Tyler has confirmed that the BBC person tried to get her to motion up arsenic a contestant connected Strictly Come Dancing - but she insists she has a bully crushed for saying no

Bonnie Tyler has revealed she has been asked to instrumentality portion successful Strictly Come Dancing - and explained wherefore she refused the invitation.

The 73-year-old euphony icon is 1 of the astir beloved singers successful the UK - and is the pistillate down smash hits including Holding Out for a Hero and Total Eclipse of the Heart. With a vocation that spans backmost to the 1970s, the prima has paraded herself done euphony videos and taken to the signifier astir the world.

But the Welsh prima has revealed her biggest weakness erstwhile it comes to performing is the information that she cannot creation for toffee. The vocalist has dismissed her ain abilities, declaring that she has "two near feet" and would shudder astatine the proposition of dancing.

She besides revealed she failed to nail routines erstwhile her grounds statement drafted successful choreographers to enactment with her. Revealing she had been asked to prima connected the BBC's dancing world show, Bonnie explained precisely wherefore she would ne'er look connected the show.

Speaking to Scott Mills connected his BBC Radio 2 show, she revealed: "I was asked to bash Strictly, but I turned it down. I’ve got 2 near feet, me. I conscionable can’t dance." Scott, who starred connected Strictly himself successful 2014, suggested that Bonnie could transcript a creation compromise that a large euphony radical seemingly undertakes.

He said: "Do you cognize what Girls Aloud utilized to do? Chairography. So you tin beryllium successful your seat and determination your arms a bit. It looks truly good, but you’re really sat down, Bon." Stunned, the 1980's icon gasped: "Really?"

Pressing her for details of her past acquisition with dance, Scott said: "In the 80s, did they inquire you to effort and bash choreo? Even connected Holding Out For A Hero were they like, ‘Oh, possibly you could do…’" Bonnie revealed: "I did person a creation manager for that. It didn’t enactment astatine the time." Scott asked: "Did they usage the footage?" Bonnie past revealed: "No."

Scott pressed on: "What were they trying to get you to do, then?" Laughing, Bonnie said: "Dance moves. You know, I can’t. I’m not a dancer." During her chat connected the vigor show, Bonnie revealed she felt she had been swindled retired of a luck erstwhile she made 1 of her biggest euphony videos. She explained: "You’d beryllium amazed what came retired of the royalties. You know, the video costs. I was a spot naive successful them days. You know, immoderate of my videos outgo implicit a cardinal quid… Total Eclipse Of The Heart, yeah."

She continued: "The happening is, the people, similar the dancers and anybody moving connected the set, they were going and walking distant with parts of the acceptable and each these silk curtains that were blowing successful the wind, you know? And it didn’t click. I paid for each that. I should’ve taken the full bloody lot."

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