There’s no chance I’ll fall victim to the Strictly curse – I’ve got the hottest man on the planet, says Tasha Ghouri

SHE changeable to fame connected Love Island – a contention wherever you person to commencement a fling with your co-stars – and present Tasha Ghouri’s connected a amusement wherever competitors desperately effort to debar falling for 1 another.

But she insists the infamous Strictly curse won’t impact her portion she stars connected the BBC One favourite, which has its archetypal unrecorded amusement of the caller bid tonight.

Tasha, 26, paired up with her ­boyfriend Andrew Le Page, 29, connected ITV dating amusement Love Island and, 2 years later, she insists nary different bloke could get a look in.

She said: “Andrew, to me, is the hottest antheral connected this full planet.

"I look astatine him and I’m like: ‘Yeah, that’s my man!’ Me and Andrew spot each different 100 per cent.

“It’s not a make-or-break for us. We’re going to breeze done this due to the fact that we’re going to wed each different 1 day, you know?

“It doesn’t fuss america astatine all. We didn’t person a treatment astir ‘the Strictly curse’ due to the fact that we spot each other.

"It doesn’t play connected our mind.”

So did Andrew interest erstwhile helium ­discovered his miss been paired with returning pro Aljaz Skorjanec, the precocious christened “bad boy” of Strictly?

Tasha said: “He has nary worries astatine all. If anything, helium was super-happy and could spot the large concern we had. He came to rehearsals the different time and watched for a small bit.

“Aljaz taught Andrew immoderate creation moves, which was funny.

“Aljaz is truthful blessed with his woman [Janette Manrara] and we went connected a treble day past night, and had a beauteous meal with their beauteous daughter, Lyra. Andrew’s been truthful supportive done it all.”

After spending weeks connected surface wearing conscionable a bikini for Love Island successful 2022, the skimpy Strictly dresses are nary a occupation for Tasha.

Despite the panic of doing unrecorded TV and taking connected a creation signifier she has ne'er done before, she’s fixed the costume section carte blanche.

Tasha said: “I can’t hold to get to the workplace and enactment connected an unthinkable formal and creation the dance.

“Before we effort costumes on, the costume squad inquire america what we similar and don’t like.

"They instrumentality into information however comfy we are. But I’m comfy successful my ain assemblage and I’m blessed to bask the ­costumes and conscionable spell for it.”

Tonight she’ll beryllium dancing the cha-cha to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter successful a regular that she describes arsenic “smiley, amusive and upbeat.”

She said: “It’s a bully 1 to commencement with, and tons of radical volition emotion it.”

In future weeks, would she beryllium consenting to instrumentality portion successful a Love Island- themed creation regular if the producers asked her to?

She said: “I’m unfastened to immoderate suggestions. It mightiness beryllium rather chill due to the fact that it is simply a portion of my past, of course.

“It depends if it fits successful with immoderate week we’re doing. It’s up to Aljaz arsenic well. I’m conscionable super-excited for immoderate theme. I’m up for anything.”

'Biggest dream'

Despite being relaxed astir truthful galore elements of Strictly, determination is simply a superior crushed for taking portion successful the programme.

Tasha was calved deaf and, astatine the property of five, had a cochlear implant fitted, which enables her to hear.

She said: “I’m doing Strictly due to the fact that it’s been my biggest dream. It’s genuinely been a extremity for years, adjacent much than Love Island.

"I ticker it and I’m like, ‘I privation to beryllium connected that creation level 1 day.’ And I’m doing it for representation.

“I privation to animate younger Tashas retired determination who conflict with assurance and self-love.”

Tasha mightiness beryllium perceived arsenic having an vantage implicit different competitors due to the fact that she has worked arsenic a commercialized dancer.

But she says she lone appeared successful 1 nonrecreational amusement for 5 months, positive a euphony video.

So she has a beardown effect to those who mightiness criticise her.
Tasha said: “That’s extracurricular noise. I’m wholly blocking that out.

“It does not substance to me. What matters is having the champion clip and representing each the astonishing deaf communities retired there.”

Tasha besides has to contend with joining the amusement erstwhile it has been taxable to scandals relating to past year’s series.

They see claims of bullying successful rehearsals by ­Giovanni Pernice against his pro spouse Amanda Abbington. Gio is nether investigation by the BBC.

There was besides the kicking of Zara McDermott in rehearsals by her pro spouse Graziano Di Prima who, arsenic a result, was sacked earlier this year.

Tasha said: “I wasn’t determination erstwhile each this happened. I can’t remark connected it arsenic it’s thing to bash with me.”

As for her creation partner, Tasha cannot halt gushing astir him.

She said: “Aljaz is an unthinkable teacher. I was truthful blessed to find retired helium was my spouse due to the fact that he’s joyous, amusive and oozes positivity. It’s his comeback year, too.

“I privation to bash Aljaz proud, arsenic good arsenic my household and Andrew.”

-  Strictly Come Dancing is connected BBC One contiguous astatine 7pm.