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Dougie Poynter on This Morning (8th of Dec 2011)


Dougie Poynter on Day Break (8th of Dec 2011)


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McFly star Harry Judd 'determined to win Strictly Come Dancing'
(Source: Metro)

Harry Judd is so determined to win Strictly Come Dancing that he's refused to take a day off from training, it has been reported.

The McFly drummer has become 'obsessed' with tasting success on the BBC1 show and doesn't want to hamper his chances of triumphing in the competition by doing any less than the 72 hours a week he has been rehearsing.

He told the Daily Mail: 'I admit I am a bit of an obsessive. I’m a perfectionist. People keep telling me to take a day off, but I refuse.

'I’d be lying if I said I didn’t really want to win it. I’ll be disappointed if I don’t. I can’t concentrate on anything else. I’m in the zone.'

The 25-year-old star is particularly keen to win the competition after his McFly bandmate Dougie Poynter – who plays bass guitar in the band – was crowned King of the Jungle when he won ITV1 reality show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! earlier this month.

He explained: 'Before Dougie went into the jungle we joked, 'Imagine if we both won.' Now Dougie has and I’m in the semis.'

Harry has even given up drinking in order to fully focus on trying to win Strictly, so he avoids the BBC bar after the live shows and goes straight to bed because he is 'so exhausted'.

He added: 'I don’t enjoy drinking any more. I only ever used to drink to get drunk. I could drink if I wanted to, but I don’t. I’d rather get to bed, as I’m so exhausted.'

Strictly's stolen my life: DAN WOOTTON joins Harry Judd for the day... and discovers the bruising truth
(Source: Mail Online

For viewers of Strictly Come Dancing, it’s easy to assume the celebrity contestants are the usual bunch of pampered stars who have every whim catered for before prancing on to the dancefloor to perform for just three minutes.

But for show favourite Harry Judd, the far-from-glamorous reality involves exhausting 12-hour days — seven days a week — of training (in the arms of a beautiful dancer — so it’s not all bad!). ‘Surely, a three-minute dance routine doesn’t take more than 70 hours of preparation?’ I ask the McFly drummer.

Harry summons his flame-haired professional partner Aliona Vilani, who is covered in bruises after being dropped onto hard wooden floors too many times to remember over the past eight weeks. ‘You show him how it’s done,’ he winks at her. And, sure enough, within ten minutes of coaching, I’m begging for mercy as a smug-looking Harry smiles: ‘See, you have no idea what Strictly really involves.’

But I’m about to find out as the 25-year-old pop star, who has been credited with helping to rejuvenate the hit BBC1 celebrity dance competition, reveals his intense preparation — yes, all 72 hours’ worth — in advance of tomorrow’s highly anticipated semi-final.

It’s 11am on Tuesday in a freezing cold training room in a public gym, on a grim-looking south-west London industrial estate surrounded by council flats.

There’s no hint that Harry — a pin-up to millions of teenage girls — is part of the country’s most glittering TV show, apart from two BBC cameras which stand ominously on tripods at each end of the room.

Two bored-looking producers will sit alongside them for the next six hours, secretly hoping Harry, who wears a red hooded jumper to keep him warm, will injure himself or get into a fight with Aliona so they have content for the video packages they’re working on.
When Harry and Aliona break for their usual dinner of fajitas at 6.30pm, the crew will depart. But the pair will continue perfecting their every move for four more hours in a smaller, windowless studio, in nearby Chiswick.

At 10.20pm, an exhausted Harry refuses to dance any more. He lies on the floor and tries to distract Aliona with ‘mindless conversation’. He’s had enough.

This laborious process is repeated from Monday to Thursday. And, unlike the other contestants, Harry and Aliona have already practised for an extra four hours on Sunday to get a head start.

There’s also filming of the BBC2 Strictly spin-off series, It Takes Two, and the comedic video packages which are shown on the Saturday shows. And Harry has twice-weekly weights sessions with a personal trainer to ensure his depressingly pert pecs stay toned.

‘I admit I am a bit of an obsessive,’ Harry says, while downing a revolting-looking concoction, which is actually an orange, carrot and ginger smoothie. ‘I’m a perfectionist. People keep telling me to take a day off, but I refuse.’

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And last, but definitely not least! A piece in The Sun today about our favourite boys. They talk about McFly's transition from pop to prime time! Great article, so make sure you check this: High McFlyers. The Sun meets the pop pin-ups who have gone prime time!


Support act:
Also, Ivy Rise just announced on Twitter they'll be supporting McFly on their UK tour throughout March and April 2012. If you'd like to check them out, here's their Twitter profile: @IvyRise.

New Attitude shoot:
Just in! We've found VERY exciting new Harry Judd photos! Harry will be on the January cover of Attitude. There's another early Christmas treat in our gallery ;) So don't forget to check it.



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