My 10 years of pressure to win show

Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleExpress, The/The Express on Sunday
The musician has joined the line-up of the 2021 series 10 years after Judd beat actress Chelsee Healey to win the Glitterball Trophy with professional dancer AlionaVilani in 2011.

Tom said: "I can't shut him up about Strictly. I haven't been able to stop him talking about it for 10 years. I'm not sure if I should trust his advice, or if he's trying to secretly steer me in the wrong direction, because he's quite competitive."

Tom added: "I don't know how far he wants me to go. I always felt like if I did it, there would be pressure.

"Strictly has been a part of McFly's lives, part of our history. It was an amazing time for our band when he won the competition.

"It has been his thing for a while so I guess I did feel there would be pressure for me to go far, but I feel like, after 10 years, I just want to have a fun experience.You need to do Strictly once, it's a national treasure.And so I just want...

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