Blue’s Simon Webbe desperate to find his ‘snake hips’ for this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing

The All Rise singer has been in bottom two twice now but says he’s determined to pick up his game.

“I think of my daughter’s face [when I dance] and about when she smiles. I see her braces and I think, ‘That’s my girl — I made her’, Simon told the Sun. “That’s who I am dancing for.”

“When we were in the bottom two, I felt gutted. My legs were shaking so much. I looked around me and thought, ‘Imagine if you can’t walk into this room next week’.”

Simon – who’s paired with Kristina Rihanoff – credits her for helping to keep him calm during their daily, six hour, training sessions.

He added: “Kristina is a fantastic teacher and told me to be myself. We have so much banter going on. I take the mickey out of her accent and voice.

She leaves me lying on the floor gasping for breath, walking around me like a shark and getting her breath back.”

“This is way harder than anything I have ever done before. It’s so surreal. I mean, how does a guy from Moss Side end up doing ballroom? People can see me as me. They can see my personality shine through.

“I am so glad I signed up for the show.”

We’re glad too, Simon.

Now work on hip rotations, pronto.