Strictly presenter Claudia Winkleman has admitted she makes the same mistake on the show every year – and it’s all down to her bad memory.
The 52-year-old has presented Strictly Come Dancing since 2010 but her time on the popular BBC programme seemingly doesn’t extend to remembering past contestants. Claudia told Times Radio that she always suggests celebrities who have already competed on Strictly for future series.
She said: “Anything I’ve done, I literally can’t remember. Do you know at the end of every year at the end of Strictly they go: ‘Can you put five names in a hat?’
“Everybody, props boys, crew, everybody. They ask: ‘Who would you like to see?’ It’s not that official, but who would you like. Without a doubt, and I don’t try and do this, I write down people who have already done it.
Claudia Winkleman is back presenting The Traitors
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“I go: ‘Do you know who I’d like to see – Alesha Dixon. They go: ‘You know she won – she was amazing.'”
It comes after Claudia was left in tears over The Traitors twist in off-camera moment. She is currently back on British TV presenting the third season of the popular BBC reality show, which began earlier this week.
Claudia says that by the end of filming she feels as if the contestants are her “children”.
Claudia with Tess Daly on Strictly Come Dancing
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She admits that seeing some contestants banished has even left her in tears, telling HELLO! Magazine: “There is somebody this year, and you can’t see it, but I really cried when they were banished.”
The show has become so popular in the UK that a fourth series has been given the green light, and a celebrity spinoff is also in the works.
But as popular as the show has been, producers are constantly adding little tricks to make its twists and turns even more deceptively delicious. “There are some really exciting things that have changed, which keeps everyone on the toes and feeds into the central premise of trust,” Claudia says.