Strictly Come Dancing couple reveal ’anxiety’ ahead of performing move ‘never seen before’

This weekend, one Strictly pairing plans to pull off a never-before-seen move (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/Press Association) Dani Dyer is riding on a high after last weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing, and she’s going all guns blazing tomorrow night. The Love Island winner, 30, and her partner Nikita Kuzmin, 28, achieved their highest score yet with their Viennese Waltz to My Favourite Things, but to go one better this weekend they’re pulling off a move that has ‘never been seen before’ on Strictly. The couple previously teased that it might not go ahead if it proved too difficult in training, but speaking to Metro, Nikita confirmed: ‘It worked!’ Naturally, they’re keeping details of the trick a secret, but Nikita did tell us it will take place on the stairs – and it’s proving to be extremely stressful. ‘It’s going to be over and out quite quickly, and it does give us both quite a lot of anxiety because it’s in the first 10 seconds of the routine and then we need to make it from the top to the down. Get personalised updates on Strictly Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro’s TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we’ll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. ‘It looks really cool, and nobody has ever used that kind of way of coming down the steps.’ The move has caused a lot of anxiety (Picture: Ray Burmiston/BBC/PA Wire) Dani chipped in to add she’s more excited than nervous about the new move. ‘I like to try new things,’ she said. ‘After I done six lifts and was thrown around the air. I’m willing to do anything.’ Which is quite remarkable, really, given only a year ago she was forced to drop out of the competition due to an injury before the first live show. Fellow Love Island winner Amber Davies, 30, was roped in as a replacement at the very last minute with just days to learn and rehearse her first routine. ‘The first week I was probably the most scared,’ she says. ‘I remember we got past the number of days where I got injured before and I was like, “We’ve done it. We’ve got past the curse.” Now I’ve forgotten about it, in a sense. Obviously we’re always very careful. Dani Dyer is riding on a high after last weekend’s Strictly episode (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/Press Association) ‘I warm up my ankles, and I did a lot of physio; I have physio tape – I don’t know how much tape I’ve ordered from Amazon. Every day starts with the tape, protecting the ankles, but it’s something I had to just forget about really and hope for the best.’ Now she’s one of the strongest contenders for the Glitterball trophy. If there were a prize for most improved by the halfway mark, which we reach this weekend, it would no doubt be hers. For Dani, it all fell into place when they performed the salsa – which was the first time they managed to break through to score more than 30 points. Dani is one of the one of the strongest contenders for the Glitterball trophy (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/Press Association) The week before, her rumba saw her second from the bottom of the leaderboard, and she was dangerously close to being eliminated entirely. ‘The rumba was my lowest point, and then we went in the training room the week after, and I was like, “No, I really need to just switch this now” because I’ve never been a confident person ever, so for me I was just like, “You’ve got to get this – it’s in there somewhere”, and the salsa was really good to do that. ‘Then I’ve just sort of carried it the way through because I don’t want to let myself down. But then I loved doing the Viennese Waltz because we were playing like with different characters and I really enjoyed doing that.’ The rumba was Danni’s lowest point (Picture: Ray Burmiston/BBC/PA Wire) If Dani and Nikita could sum up their Strictly journey so far, it would be ‘It Had To Be You’ which fittingly is the song they’re performing an American Smooth to this week. ‘That’s our song this week, and it does feel like that,’ said Nikita. ‘I’ve said it to Danny; it’s one of my favourite seasons ever. I’ve been enjoying every single moment in training; it’s been so fun. ‘I can’t ask her to do more than what she’s already doing. I can push her, but she’s already her harshest critic, and she’s pushing herself to the limit. She is so fun to be in the room, and she’s so kind to everybody around her. Everybody loves Danny.’ ‘We just have so much fun,’ Dani adds. ‘It’s lovely to just wake up every day to have that feeling of excitement, and it’s just been everything I’ve wanted and more. 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