Strictly Come Dancing decide Anton Du Beke has predicted Cat Deeley would make a ‘magnificent’ contestant on the glitzy BBC present.
The professional dancer, 57, appeared on Monday’s This Morning the place joined co-host Ben Shepard, 49, in trying persuade the 47-year-old to look on the subsequent collection.
Speaking about his previous movie star companions, earlier than becoming a member of the judging panel, Anton quipped: ‘My favorite was at all times a favorite who I have not danced with earlier than, referred to as Cat’.
Cat, who isn’t any stranger to the dance flooring after presenting So You Think You Can Dance within the US, admitted that Ben had already been ‘campaigning’ for her to enroll to the present.
As Anton gushed: ‘I’d be livid for those who did, as a result of I’ve needed you to bounce with me for years’.
‘And now you’d have one of many young ones, who’re agency to the contact with darkish hair, however you would be magnificent on the present I’m certain’.
Elsewhere within the interview the dancer spoke about his present An Evening With present which is presently touring the nation.
Leaving the hosts in stitches as he joked: ‘The present is me on stage with my unbelievable band, my lovely dancers. I say get them [dancers] young and good and it makes you look higher’.
‘The magic actually is with a companion, I like to do duets and collaborate with individuals as a result of it’s so rather more alive, it’s what elevates all the pieces’.
Before including: It’s grown and grown. Next yr, we’re already speaking a couple of present and what to do. I believe it’s going to be a musical present subsequent yr. I almost wish to do two reveals, an enormous tune and dance after which a Q&A’.
It comes after Cat recalled struggling a ‘horrifying’ well being scare throughout a stay broadcast of So You Think You Can Dance.
During a dialogue about migraines she opened up about her personal struggles and she or he had her first eon digital camera and was compelled to ‘push by means of.’
She defined: ‘Mine goes from the surface in, really extra type of like tunnel imaginative and prescient!
‘I bought my first migraine on stay TV, it was really actually horrifying as I did not know what was taking place to me and I’d by no means had one earlier than.’
Cat continued: ‘But now, I get them sometimes and I can see signs immediately. If I act immediately with one thing like migraine reduction, it eliminates it!’
Speaking to MailOnline in 2017, she added: ‘That was the worst expertise ever. I had no concept what was taking place, which was the scariest half.
‘I bought tunnel imaginative and prescient midway by means of the present and my head felt prefer it was exploding. But what are you able to do?
‘You are stay in entrance of thousands and thousands. You push by means of on adrenalin after which collapse when the present is over.’
It was beforehand reported This Morning viewing figures have dipped since Cat and Ben started helming the present, based on a report.
Following the departure of Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, the ITV present was thrown into chaos as producers scrambled to seek out everlasting replacements.
Cat and Ben had been lastly unveiled because the present’s new host’s final month, with their debut episode drawing a mean viewership of 806,000 and a peak of 1 million – among the many present’s highest rankings of 2024 thus far.
But the next week noticed the determine plunge to as little as 692,500, decrease than each Holly and Phillip’s final day, which noticed 767,00 individuals tune in.
A spokesperson for This Morning advised MailOnline: Ben and Cat have recorded the perfect viewers attain of the yr thus far on This Morning with 4.5 million viewers throughout one week.
‘Viewing figures for January – March 2024 are additionally up 5 % in comparison with 2023.’
