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You're too good! BBC chiefs twice rejected Amber Davies for Strictly because she'd starred in musicals - before her controversial last-minute replacement of fellow Love Island star Dani Dyer


As the row over her casting grows, The Mail on Sunday can reveal the West End star had previously met with BBC bosses only to be told she had too much experience.

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