EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS
‘STRICTLY’ LEAD SINGER TOMMY BLAIZE
ON 20 YEARS OF MEMORIES — AND MOVING TO CENTRE STAGE
T
wenty years ago, TV entertainer
Sir
Bruce Forsyth told
Strictly Come Dancing
singer Tommy Blaize something that would stay with him for a long time. “Tommy, you’ve got the best seat in the house,” he said to the man who has stood by the dancefloor singing the dancers through their routines since the first series in May 2004.
“He was right,” the 60-year-old tells HELLO! in this exclusive interview ahead of his first solo tour. “I’ve been spoilt for 20 years with the best seat in the house.”
Tommy is one of the four original stars left on Strictly, along with presenter Tess Daly, judge Craig Revel Horwood and dancer turned judge Anton Du Beke.
“There’s definitely that thing between us when we pass each other and just think: ‘We’re really old aren’t we?’” he says, laughing.
While the singer shares a close bond with the whole cast, he particularly feels a connection with head judge Shirley Ballas.