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Strictly is hard and celebs just aren't used to it: Craig Revel Horwood wades into TV's biggest scandal to back pro dancers like Giovanni and reveal how his dance teacher used to CANE him


The man used to dishing out low scores and brutal truths as a judge on Strictly is preparing to find out what the world thinks of his own startling new performance - not as a dancer but a singer.

The tap shoe is about to be on the other foot for the man used to dishing out low scores and brutal truths as a judge on Strictly, as he prepares to find out what the world thinks of his own startling new performance – not as a dancer but a singer. Quieter, more tender tunes like Memory from Cats are performed not in character but as himself, a 59-year-old gay man with an eventful past and a promising future who was surprised by the emotions that overcame him as he sang by candlelight at a recording studio in Soho. Craig is always suited and booted on Strictly so it’s disconcerting to see him at a pub in London’s Fitzrovia in shorts and a T-shirt bearing the name of Mushroom Giant, a progressive rock band in which his brother Trent plays drums in Oz.

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