Coleen Nolan won't be appearing on Strictly Come Dancing any time soon and she's revealed the reason why.
The singer and presenter shot to fame aged just two as part of The Nolan's with her older sisters and since then has appeared on various stages and television shows. Over the course of her career, the 58-year-old has showcased some of her dance moves on stage but she's never had professional training.
Despite setting her sights on Strictly Come Dancing, Coleen has now revealed there's one thing getting in her way when it comes to signing up for the show. What is that? Her previous time on ITV's Dancing On Ice. Back in 2009, the mum-of-three was a competitor in the fourth series of the skating competition and found herself coming in fourth place.
Coleen Nolan has revealed she's heartbroken as she will never be asked to appear on Strictly Come Dancing (S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
The singer and broadcaster shared the reason why bosses haven't asked her (Getty Images)Speaking to the Mirror about her ballroom dreams, Coleen said: "It's because I did Dancing On Ice, I've never done Strictly which devastates me. Since that show started, I've always wanted to do Strictly and so many Loose Women have done it but they never, ever ask me. But it's because apparently, I did Dancing On Ice, they don't have anyone who's done Dancing On Ice on Strictly."
But she admits that her fate could have been extremely different. She added: "Had I have known that was the rule, I might not have done Dancing on Ice but they didn't ask me then either. But yes, Strictly is brilliant but I've kind of scrubbed it out of my bucket list because I know it's not going to happen.
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"However, I still love it and I'm addicted to it, the Loose Women who have done it have said physically, it's absolutely relentless and exhausting but I love learning to dance, I'd love to learn to dance properly, I've never been trained to dance, I'd love to be with a professional and I love music, that would be good but I'm too busy now, I'm organising a tour."
She believes it's because she's competed on Dancing On Ice (Ken McKay / Rex Features)Several of Coleen's co-stars on Loose Women have appeared on the BBC show, including Frankie Bridge, Christine Lampard, Ruth Langsford and Lisa Riley. But as Coleen said, she is now too busy focusing on her career as she plans to step out as a solo artist for the first time in her career.
While she may be excited, Coleen says she's also "terrified". Discussing her upcoming Naked tour, she said: "It's something I've never done before, hence why I've called it Naked because I think Naked also suggests apart from the very obvious, it also suggests feeling very vulnerable. And I do feel very vulnerable but I'm also at a stage now where I've always said that singing and performing is really the greatest love of my life is what I've done since the age of two.
"I've always been surrounded by family and then even in presenting you know, I've got my other sisters like the Loose Women girls, it's just always been a group thing." But her nerves aren't going to get the better of her as she says she's not taking any chances now and is throwing herself into every opportunity.
Coleen's two sons Shane (left) and Jake (right) will be part of her upcoming tour (WireImage)Reflecting on the turbulent time her family has had in recent years, Coleen explained: "What's happened to my sisters and Linda now especially as well as losing Bernie I've thought it's one of those moments and feel the fear and do it anyway because I don't want to get to an age where I think why didn't I just do it.
"Because the thought of never performing again scares me more than performing. But am I am I excited? like you wouldn't believe but equally, I go to bed at night sometimes thinking 'I'm terrified, I am terrified' and if all else fails I actually might just get naked." But she won't be totally alone, in fact, she'll have her son Shane Jr who she shares with her ex-husband, Shane Richie will be involved, as will her son Jake.
She explained: "I've got a band and I'm going to have two or three backing singers and my son, Shane, is going to be there, he's performing. He's kind of like the warm-up and I'm using his band for my section. So I'm kind of still surrounding myself with family to a point. But ultimately I am on that stage on my own."
Tickets for Coleen's Naked... and In The Mood For Dancing Tour are available on her website, here, on September 15.
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