Holly Valance would like to see the male dancers wearing high heels - so they can go through the same pain as the girls. Holly is preparing her cha cha routine with professional partner Artem Chigvintsev before they perform for the first time on Saturday night.
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The actress said: "The girls have to wear high heels - I'd love to see some of the boys wearing them and see if they don't moan the same as we do.
"It is a little bit more difficult because you're on the ball of your feet all the time, so that can get quite uncomfortable and quite painful. I have to get used to it and make sure everything else is strong around it to take the pressure of."She says she is getting on well with Artem, who won last year with ex EastEnder Kara Tointon, although Holly admits they do bicker.
She explained: "Artem and I are going very well. He's a very good teacher, he's patient. "We squabble and bicker but at least it's light-hearted and it's not too heavy and we can just laugh about it. But you could get really mean by the end of the week."
With the elements of the dance now patched together, the 28-year-old is working on getting through the whole routine "without falling over". Artem is happy with his new pupil's progress - although he is still expecting to see big improvements.
He said: "Holly's progress is quite good. There are moments where it looks really good and a lot more moments where it looks in the process of being good. "Let's say out of 100 per cent we've probably put effort about 15 per cent. So there's a lot more. A lot more."