Jayde Adams has revealed that she's looking forward to surprising fans with her dancing ability when she makes her Strictly debut this evening.
The Bristolian comedian, 37, danced with her late sister Jenna in disco dancing competitions when they were children.
Jenna, who was two years older than Jayde, died of a brain tumour 11 years ago aged just 28 after studying contemporary dance at university.
Revealing while she feels she has an "obvious handicap", she said that she does have rhythm and says that her disco dancing will certainly help with her Strictly training.
"I have rhythm," she said. "I really love the fact that I'm going to surprise people because I do have rhythm. I've got a very obvious handicap, but I have got rhythm and I was a freestyle disco dancer when I was a kid and I used to dance with my sister at our auntie's dance school in Bristol and on top of all the muscle memory that I've got inside of me, which is really important.
"When you've had any sort of training, whatever it is, it's in your muscles and you can access it really quickly. My memory's also really good for repetition as well.
"The problem with bringing freestyle disco dancing into this, the music is techno and it's not fun to hear. So maybe there could be a few runs and kicks but I think we should just stick with Dave Arch and his amazing orchestra and not bring out Robert Miles' Children!"
It comes after Jayde told the Mirror last month that her sister will be watching over her.
She said: "“I think my sister’s definitely orchestrating things for me. It all feels so serendipitous.
“It’s such an emotional thing for me.”
*Strictly airs tonight at 7pm on BBC One
