Tasha Ghouri counting down to Strictly quarter-final

November 30, 2024
Tasha Ghouri counting down to Strictly quarter-final

Tasha Ghouri has said how much she loves musicals before this week's performances on Strictly Come Dancing, describing her song as from a production with a "very girl-pop-band" vibe.

The Love Island star, who is partnered with Slovenian dancer Aljaž Škorjanec on the BBC One show, is to perform the Argentine Tango to Ex-Wives from the musical Six on Saturday evening.

Škorjanec, who returned as a professional this year following a two-year hiatus, said the musical retelling the lives of King Henry VIII's six wives has a "cool, powerful message behind it".

He told the PA news agency: "I wouldn't necessarily call myself a musical fan, but we actually went to see a musical that we're gonna be dancing - Six, and [I] loved it.

Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly will be on BBC One on Saturday evening from 7:05pm

"I absolutely loved it. It's probably like one of my favourite musicals I've seen now.

"It's so good, and I'm really glad that we're doing it. It's such a cool, powerful message behind it.

"And I love how it's done. I love how current it is, how 'in' it is, how vibey it is."

Ghouri said: "It's very girl-pop-band.

"I love musicals. I love the vocals that come with it."

The quarter-final will also see Miranda star Sarah Hadland and her dance partner Vito Coppola perform a Charleston to the song Popular from Wicked.

Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola will perform a Charleston

A movie version of the hit musical, starring singer Ariana Grande and theatre star Cynthia Erivo, premiered earlier in the month.

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JLS star JB Gill and Lauren Oakley will perform a Viennese Waltz to Let's Go Fly a Kite from Mary Poppins.

JB Gill and Lauren Oakley will perform a Viennese Waltz

Reality star Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal will dance a Waltz to Somewhere from West Side Story.

Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal will dance a Waltz

Also on the show, Olympian Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe will Rumba to I'm Here from The Colour Purple.

Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe will Rumba

Comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell will dance the Quickstep to You're the Top from Anything Goes.

Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell will dance the Quickstep

The professional dancers will open Saturday's show with a number from Little Shop of Horrors.

During Sunday's results programme, there will be a special performance of The Schuyler Sisters from the musical Hamilton and a dance from the professionals to a song from Sunset Boulevard.

Strictly Come Dancing airs from 7:05pm on Saturday on BBC One.

Source: Press Association

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