Alesha: Ricky and Ali are fantastic
Monday November 16 2009
Alesha Dixon has revealed that she is very impressed with Strictly Come Dancing contestants Ricky Whittle and Ali Bastian.
The singer-turned-judge gushed: "Ricky Whittle and Ali Bastian are fantastic."
But she refused to play favourites to the duo, the show's main contenders for the dancefloor crown, saying: "I think they're great - there's some really good ones in there."
She continued: "They're improving each week, they're all improving. That's the point of it - it's the journey that you go on. I know how they feel, I know how stressed they are, I don't envy them. I can empathise with them, it's an emotional rollercoaster. This is really when they become competitive."
The 31-year-old, whose new single To Love Again is out on November 16, revealed that her job on the panel alongside fellow judges Bruno Tonioli, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood was going well.
"It's going really good, really really well," she said.
"It's only once a week at the moment. It's going brilliantly."
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