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Kirsty McCormack

Strictly's Tilly 'struggling' in Tango rehearsals and keeps tripping Nikita up

Strictly Come Dancing star Tilly Ramsay has admitted that she is 'struggling' this week as she rehearses for week seven of the show.

The 19-year-old student and her professional partner Nikita Kuzmin sailed through the competition during Halloween Week, but now they're rehearsing for the Tango.

Tilly and Nikita will be performing the ballroom dance to the song Kings & Queens by Ava Max, but rehearsals haven't been easy.

Appearing on Wednesday's episode of It Takes Two, Tilly told host Janette Manrara: "It's tough, it's definitely tough! Not only are the steps pretty short, well they're long steps, but they have to be done quick.

Strictly Come Dancing star Tilly Ramsay has admitted that she is 'struggling' this week as she rehearses for week seven of the show (BBC)

"It's the changes of direction and speed that I'm struggling with. Nikita's got me dancing it by myself but then when you add in Nikita dancing with me, I'm stepping on his toes, I'm tripping him up!" Gordon Ramsay's daughter added.

Janette then asked Nikita what he thinks Tilly really needs to focus on, to which he replied: "I think right now it's really to get down in the knees, to get the sharpness, to get the drive to start moving around the room smoothly."

Tilly described the changes of direction and speed in the Tango as 'tough' (BBC)

"We are challenging each other throughout the routine, it's quite a step forward this one," Nikita added.

Elsewhere in the chat, Janette couldn't resist asking Nikita about his unbuttoned shirt and how it keeps getting lower and lower.

"The first thing that Tilly's dad pointed out is that, yet again, your shirt was quite open!" Janette said.

"On week one I said on week five that we're gonna unbutton one more," Nikita replied as he began undoing his black and white shirt while Tilly giggled beside him.

The blonde star also admitted that she enjoyed being "sassy" last weekend when she danced the Cha Cha Cha covered in green paint.

Strictly - It Takes Two airs weekdays at 6:30pm on BBC2.

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