Its Strictly Time!

Ladies and Gents!

Well it has been a rollercoaster of a week. The past few days have been very busy getting ready for the launch show which was shown on Saturday night. I think the new show was a great idea, and it certainly kept everyone in suspense not knowing who was dancing with who. I can honestly say that the celebs or us dancers had no idea who was paired together! It was a long, nervous wait but I am so excited to annouce that I will be dancing with Goldie! He is such a fun guy to be around so I know we will have fun working together. I really had no idea who I would be paired with, so it was a complete surprise. We are now all looking forward to getting started, there was a real buzz in the studio during the launch so I think everyone is feeling the same. The usual banter has also started between all the contestants so its going to be a fun series.

Training will begin tomorrow so there is not long to get going for the first live show which is the first weekend in October. I will keep you updated on our progress throughout. As you will know I am doing a weekly column for Best magazine, and I would love it if you could send me in a few questions through facebook that I can use for my columns. I will be happy to answer any questions that anyone may have on any aspect of Strictly!

As you will also know I am now dancing with Robin Windsor as my new Pro partner, as you can see in the photo above. Robin and I have been working together for a few weeks now, which has been difficult as we have had to keep it really quiet and avoided all questions :) but I am happy to be working with Robin. He is such a talented dancer and a lovely man, who has been a huge part of Burn the Floor, so he will be a very worthy and welcome member of the Strictly team.

Joe and I recently did an interview with Hello magazine, which I am pleased to say will be out tomorrow. We have had opportunities to do interviews together before but we felt that this was the right time to do it, as it has almost been a year. We did it at Joe's home so Im excited to see the finished article. Should be on the shelves tomorrow.

Once again thank you all for your messages through facebook! I am so happy to be about to take part in the next series of Strictly, and love sharing the journey with you all.

I will blog again soon with the latest news, but dont forget to check out the column in Best the week before Strictly!

All my love

Kristina x