Vanessa Clifford

You won’t miss Vanessa Clifford, MindShare’s Head of Press, on the dance floor - she reckons she’ll be a bizarre hybrid of Kate Garraway and Penny Lancaster, glumphing around with her arms and legs flailing.

And it doesn’t sound like she’s going to fare any better in the style stakes either, she’s guilty of once helping to style Cliff Richards for a video shoot!

She does have enthusiasm on her side however, she’s doing the competition because she wants to learn something new, and she’s certainly not shy.

In fact, she’s glad of the showing-off element and thinks she’s planning to amuse, rather than wow the audience.

Duncan Carr

Duncan Carr is advertising manager of the BBC’s Pre School titles.

No, he’s never danced before – not to performance standard anyway, he says.

Which we think implies there’s some sense of Latin rhythm in there somewhere.

He’s looking forward to dancing with Vanessa Clifford and is getting excited about the night.

Good-naturedly, he says he wants everyone to nail it on the night. He’s most concerned about forgetting the routine or his trousers splitting.

Let’s hope he keeps it all together. Duncan’s interesting fact about himself is that he’s three-quarters Lincolnshire and one-quarter Italian.

If he gets nervous on the night, he’s going to picture the entire audience naked (so watch out if he catches your eye).

He’s not planning on giving up alcohol either, in fact, he thinks it’s going to be beneficial to his performance.