dan walker strictly

Dan Walker reveals what Strictly's Nadiya Bychkova really said during debut dance

The BBC Breakfast star gave a new insight

Online Digital News Director
September 30, 2021

Dan Walker has responded to the release of his 'secret mic' audio from Saturday night in the best possible way!

MORE: Strictly star Katya Jones suffers surprising injury after debut with Adam Peaty

The BBC Breakfast star took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a clip of his dance with partner Nadiya Bychkova - and admitted that the audio recordings hadn't captured everything exchanged between the pair.

WATCH: Dan Walker leaves fans in hysterics with his singing during Strictly performance

Dan wrote: "I do love the Strictly microphones! Sadly they missed out all the times @nadiyabychkova yelled STRETCHY BOSS at me. I only managed to sing a tiny bit of it before I ran out of puff.

READ: Dan Walker solves Strictly mystery - and it involves Daniel Craig!

MORE: Dan Walker takes Strictly's Nadiya Bychkova to meet his wife and children

"There will be a lot of shouting during the paso this weekend I think… #HiHelloHowAreYou."

Dan gave an insight into his debut dance with Nadiya

In his secret mic clip, Dan could be seen singing along to the chorus of Everybody Needs Somebody to Love by the Blues Brothers before saying to his partner, "Hello! Hi! How are you?" which tickled many followers.

READ: Dan Walker breaks silence on Strictly positive COVID tests

MORE: Strictly week two dances announced - but who has Couple’s Choice?

Nadiya was among the first to respond to Dan's new post, writing, "Loving it," along with crying laughing emojis. "'Hello. Hi. How are you?' This is amazing - whatever works for you!" another follower remarked.

The Strictly couple are set to perform the Paso Doble

"So much chat!!" remarked another, and a fourth stated: "I can't like this enough times! Go Dan and Nadiya!"

Dan, 44, and Nadiya, 32, are now working hard to prepare for week two, which will see them take to the dance floor to perform the Paso Doble.

Dan and Nadiya scored 24 points for their Quickstep

The couple impressed viewers and the judges with their opening dance - scoring 24 points for their Quickstep. But no one was prouder than Dan's family, who were sat in the audience.

Revealing his daughter's immediate reaction to his dance floor debut, Dan shared: "Suzie had like tears pouring out of her eyes. Proper tears of joy. And she gave me this lovely little wave to say, 'well done dad'.

Nadiya pictured with Dan's three children

"That was one of the highlights of my entire life. She absolutely loved it and she's the one - and her brother and sister - that's why I decided to do the programme because they were desperate to watch it.

"So that, for me, was perfect. The dance was great, I really enjoyed it, but that's what it's all about."

Like this story? Sign up to our newsletter to get other stories like this delivered straight to your inbox.

Sign up to Off Camera for all the gossip and goings-on from the wonderful world of TV and film

Email Address

By entering your details, you are agreeing to HELLO! Magazine User Data Protection Policy. You can unsubscribe at any time. For more information, please click here.

More TV and Film

See more