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Sara-Aisha Kent

Strictly's Tilly Ramsay says she's exhausted after late night training with Nikita

Strictly Come Dancing hopeful Tilly Ramsay has declared that professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin has 'worn her out' with their late-night rehearsal sessions.

The 19-year-old shared that she and newcomer Nikita have been dancing late into the night as she uploaded a snap to her Instagram Stories on Monday that was timestamped at 10:05 pm.

Tilly - the daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay - can be seen squinting and pouting in the selfie with a bottle of water in her hand as 23-year-old Nikita poses behind her.

Atop of the sweaty snap, she penned: "@nikita_kuzmin you have officially tired me out..."

Telling that she was looking forward to getting some shut-eye, Tilly added: "Bedtime for me."

Strictly Come Dancing's Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin have been working hard (TIM STEWART NEWS LIMITED)

Tilly is Strictly’s first student contestant and is working towards a psychology degree.

She is making sure she doesn’t fall behind her university coursework while practising her fancy footwork in a bid to win the 2021 series of Strictly by working whenever she can.

Taking to Instagram Stories last Tuesday, Nikita captured Tilly hard at work – while simultaneously having her hair styled ahead of a TV appearance.

The duo have been training late into the night (Instagram)
Tilly - the daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay - is studying for a degree alongside starring in the show (BBC)

Tilly could be seen sat with a laptop on her knees and deep in tough while a stylist curled her hair in the capture.

Nikita captioned the post: “That’s how @tillyramsay listens to her Uni lectures & gets ready for a Photoshoot.”

Last weekend’s pre-recorded Strictly showed Tilly introducing Nikita, who was sporting a hint of a bare chest, to her famous family on a video call.

Her dad Gordon was quick to lay down the law saying: “Nikita, can you do me a favour? Can you do your shirt up?”

Tilly was said to be dating chef Gino D’Acampo’s son Luciano in late 2019 — after their dads filmed ITV’s Men Behaving Badly.

Tilly and Nikita scored a total of 21 on last week's Strictly (BBC)

Tilly previously ruled out a show romance, claiming: “It’s not Love Island! I’m single and here to focus on dancing.

"Doing Strictly is the most exciting chapter of my life. I’m so grateful for this huge opportunity and Nikita’s been the best of the best as a teacher. He’s strict but we can have a laugh and have fun.”

On last Saturday's Strictly Tilly and Nikita scored a total of 21, putting them at the lower half of the leaderboard.

*Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Saturday at 6:45pm.

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