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Strictly Come Dancing's Nikita Kuzmin faced some playful boos from the crowd on tour after a cheeky revelation.
Fellow dancer Kai Widdrington let slip to the Liverpool audience that Nikita is a Manchester United fan, which led to some good-natured jeering. Despite this, Nikita won the night's competition. Angela Rippon, dancing with Kai and known as the show's oldest-ever contestant, was over the moon with the love from Liverpool, saying: "Liverpool, thank you so much for such a wonderful reception."
Halfway through the tour, Angela shared her joy online: "Time flies when you're having fun." She added: "I can't believe we're halfway through the tour already. I don't want it to end!" Angela and Kai have been impressing everyone, scoring top marks from the judges.
Nikita was booed (Instagram)
Nikita made the confession about Kia (Instagram)In other news, ITV is reportedly ready to offer Claudia Winkleman a massive deal to join their Saturday nights. They're prepared to splash out big money, with talks of at least £500,000, to bring the popular Traitors and Strictly host to front her own show, aiming to add more female talent to their lineup.
Claudia might get a big new job on her own, as she's seen as the top choice for TV right now. A telly expert said: "ITV very much sees Claudia as the presenter of the moment. She's smart, fun, witty, hard-working and is so sharp she's considered a safe pair of hands when it comes to live TV."
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"That means she could pretty much tackle any project bosses could throw at her, and it might offer her the next step up in her stellar career." They also mentioned ITV wouldn't mind if Claudia kept hosting Strictly on BBC. The insider shared: "There's no suggestion that Claudia is about to quit Strictly or that the BBC is concerned about her quitting the corporation entirely."
Claudia has been on other channels too, like guest-hosting Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV and The Piano on Channel 4.
An ITV spokesperson told OK!: "We have a broad roster of female on screen talent across our entire daytime and primetime schedules, and a number of our biggest formats, including Love Island, Big Brother, The Voice UK, Dancing on Ice, My Mum Your Dad and Soccer Aid are hosted or co-hosted by female presenters."
"Additionally, big weekend shows such as The Masked Singer, Britain's Got Talent, The Voice UK and Dancing on Ice feature female talent in prominent on screen judging roles."