Kimberley Walsh: Pasha's now part of Girls Aloud!

Kimberley Walsh: Pasha's now part of Girls Aloud!
Kimberley Walsh: Pasha's now part of Girls Aloud!

Kimberley Walsh has made her Strictly Come Dancing partner Pasha Kovalev an honorary member of Girls Aloud, after bringing him to a video shoot to squeeze in an extra rehearsal. The singer, who will compete for the Glitterball trophy on Saturday's show, admitted juggling rehearsals for the show and rehearsals for the band's forthcoming tenth anniversary tour had been tough, saying: "It's been crazy trying to do both things at the same time "But we've made it work. Pasha has now become a member of Girls Aloud, whether he likes it or not," she added. "He's got the moves down, he's had to watch it a few times." The singer added that she is so covered in bruises from training that she is now worried about donning a bikini next time she hits the beach. She said: "Me and Denise Van Outen had our clothes fitting earlier on and our bodies are so bruised we are, like, 'OK, this should be interesting if we go on holiday'." Kimberley and Denise will take on Louis Smith and Dani Harmer in the final - with the first part at 6.30pm on BBC One and the second half, featuring the results, at 8.50pm.

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.