Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk
61-year-old TV presenter Knowles is paired with Luba Mushtuk
Yoshitaka Kono
- Laura Rutkowski
Nick, what’s your experience of dance?
Nick As a kid, whenever I heard music, I would dance. I’ve got three sisters who are all dancers. They taught me pliés and demi-pliés and I joined in until I was about seven or eight. Coming from a very traditional family, my father said, “Now you’re going to play rugby.” But all my life I’ve gone to watch the ballet. My niece is in a West End musical and my brother writes musicals. I was the one that moved away from it — I’d like to unlock that.
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Do you hope viewers see you in a different way?
Nick People know I ride a motorbike. I play rugby. Guys come up wanting a pint with me. DIY SOS is a lot of blokes and taking the mickey, but we have a soft side. I want people to see me and decide to do a dance class. Dance is an amazing, bonding thing.
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You met each other before on the DIY SOS, Strictly Special. How was that?
Luba We did a little dance for the programme, and I thought Nick would be so good on Strictly. He also made me work so hard! I loved it though.
Nick I’m paying for that now!
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Laura Rutkowski
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