"We've Peaked!" Say Strictly's Nigel & Katya
Casualty's Nigel Harman topped the leader board on the first week of Strictly Come Dancing with his partner Katya Jones and the couple say they're actually quite worried that they won't get any better at The Inside Soap Awards in London. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 That was the heartbreaking reality of my first morning. Look out for the Macarena.
00:03 Are you scared that we're spooked and that's it?
00:05 No!
00:06 No!
00:06 [Laughter]
00:07 I don't think Nigel's going out of fashion, but I think after Saturday night...
00:10 What?
00:11 One percent of the UK got Nigel. I think after Saturday night...
00:15 It's been my mission since the early ages to change that.
00:19 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:20 I think he can do it after Saturday night.
00:22 After Saturday night, that hot Pasadena. I mean, guys, there might be some new Nigels on the way. I'm telling you.
00:28 New Nigels will be made on Saturday night.
00:31 And now you're called Nigel, well, Google, YouTube.
00:34 Jesus, don't worry.
00:36 Was it everything you wanted that to be on Saturday?
00:39 I didn't have any preconceived notions. I tried not to think about anything.
00:43 Just walk out, deliver this brilliant dance that Kat had choreographed,
00:48 and then it was only afterwards that I suddenly started to go,
00:51 "Oh, there's been quite a reaction to us sleeping about."
00:56 So, yeah, there was no sort of plan of what to get out of it at all.
01:01 And just how hard have you worked the first few weeks, or is he a pretty... Is he a natural?
01:06 He's a bit of both. He's got a good level of confidence, which is required, you know,
01:12 to go out there and do something like this completely out of your comfort zone.
01:17 But, no, I'm just so pleased that it went the way it did for you, because this is...
01:23 I keep saying it, but it's such a special moment that you will never, ever have again in your life.
01:29 This is it. And for it to have gone the way it did, I think it'll have a special place in your heart.
01:35 Yeah, it definitely will.
01:37 What did your family say? Did your phone just go wild in the dressing room?
01:41 My wife was watching, so that was all right. We were just laughing after.
01:45 She was like... She was whooping and cheering. She said, "I've lost my voice."
01:49 I phoned my daughter. She said, "You did really well, Dad. You look really great."
01:53 And then I spent two hours Sunday morning literally just reading messages from all my friends
01:59 who were just so proud of me, which makes me a little bit emotional talking about it.
02:05 And they were just like, "I can't believe you did that." And I'm like, "I can't believe she did that."
02:10 I even got home Saturday night, and I had a card through the letterbox from our neighbours
02:15 who'd watched the show and had written out the judges' comments and put glitter on it.
02:18 And these are fully grown adults. These aren't children. And they were like, "So, very good."
02:24 It's nice to know you make such impact on people's lives.
02:27 Yeah, well, the show does. The show makes it.
02:30 How does it compare? The lines, the learning? Is it similar?
02:34 No. Sadly not. That was the heartbreaking reality of my first morning.
02:40 Actually, I've been on an hour inter of first day of training camp, so basically nothing that I know has been helpful.
02:49 - Is of any use to you? - Yeah, at all. I was like, "Yeah, I'll just get used to it."
02:53 The thing is, we must have done some different techniques together so far.
02:55 So what do you think could be the best dance that we need to look forward to?
02:59 I think we've done it.
03:01 I think the Macarena. I'd look out for the Macarena.
03:05 - Macarena? - I think we're going to be very good at that.
03:07 - The Congo. The Congo. - Oh my god.
03:10 - The Congo. - Are you scared that we're speak and that's it?
03:14 - No. - I am.
03:17 Anyway, we're going to have to go back to work. How are you juggling that? Is it a lot?
03:21 I don't work. I left work. I left in August.
03:23 - You're not filming at all? - So I'm just doing strictly.
03:26 Oh, I'm sorry. I wouldn't have allowed it.
03:29 - You've got no excuse. - No.
03:31 - Here we go. - No, no excuse.
03:32 Have you had any texts from your mate being like, "Dark Horse, didn't know you could shoot?"
03:36 This has been mentioned a couple of times, yeah.
03:39 And "Fake Town" has been mentioned a lot.
03:42 My friends are very much enjoying the different shades I'm turning every weekend.
03:45 You're in trouble for a wedding now because people are going to expect you to take that dance floor as the owner.
03:50 That's true. I've never had a problem with that before.
03:53 It depends what times they start serving champagne and I'll be fine.
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